Great Aycliffe Town Council have organised two free family pond-dipping sessions on Aycliffe Nature Park and Byerley Park Local Nature Reserve. The events will both take place on Wednesday May 31. Families are encouraged to come along to Aycliffe Nature Park at 10am for the first session to find out which creatures make this fabulous pond...

Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has invested more than a quarter of a million pounds in a new batch of ultra-safe trucks. The Newton Aycliffe family-run firm has spent £280,000 on the four new vehicles which include a number of state-of-the-art safety features. The 18-tonne, 36-feet long trucks, each costing £70,000, are curtain-sided...

Two teenage girls from Newton Aycliffe were caught up in the Manchester terrorist attack, it has emerged. Best friends Laura Anderson (above left) and Mille Robson (above right), both students at Woodham Academy, suffered injuries in Monday night’s atrocity. Salman Abedi killed 22 people – including children – and injured 64 when he...

The 28th issue of Aycliffe Today Business is now available to read online – and bookings are already being taken for the next edition. Aycliffe Today Business is the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – home to an estimated 500 companies and around 10,000 employees. Spread across 400 hectares, it’s County Durham’s biggest single...

Police say they have now stepped up their patrols in County Durham after the national security threat was increased to ‘critical’. Durham Constabulary had said on Tuesday that it was business as usual in the county, after Monday night’s terror attack in Manchester. But after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the security threat...

Crafter’s Companion is celebrating the first anniversary of its flagship store in Newton Aycliffe with a weekend-long event. Following a successful year of trading, with over 40,000 people visiting the store and buying more than 150,000 products, the outlet is hosting a four-day birthday party this Bank Holiday weekend with a host of craft...

The finale of the Aycliffe Juniors football season took place this weekend with two teams competing in TJFA League Challenge Cup Finals. Both games were played at Middlesbrough FC's Rockcliffe Hall training ground. The Under 9's have enjoyed a superb season and have already sealed promotion in to Durham Division 1 for next season. In the final...

Police have confirmed they’re investigating a fight between schoolboys which went viral on social media. A video of the scrap involving two teenagers at an Aycliffe bike track was posted online and shared thousands of times. Police confirmed they received calls this week from the parents of the boys, believed to be about 14-years-old, who...

In the May-June 2017 issue of Aycliffe Today Business… Read how North East IT firm Razorblue has come up with a cost-effective, super-fast internet solution for Aycliffe Business Park, with speeds of up to 1,000 MB. Also featuring in this issue: Resolution Media & Publishing, South West Durham Training, Durham Lifting, Fleet...

A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action... Saturday 20th May – NYSD Division 2 Maltby 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was dry and mild. Maltby won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 66 all out after 24.4 overs Chris Palmer 14 and Sean Morgan 14 Maltby 1st XI 67 for 4 after 17.4 overs Michael...