The Aycliffe Juniors took to the field to enjoy another weekend of footballing action. The Under 7's faced Silksworth Whites and played superbly to gain a 7-0 win. There were two goals each for Lewis, Dylan and man of the match Oli with Kenton also scoring one. The Under 9's Russell Foster League team were up against Hetton Lyons, amazingly...

Model Railway enthusiasts from many parts of the country have helped to raise £2,500 to support children with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities as well as young people battling life-threatening brain tumours. Organisers of this year’s Model Railway Exhibition staged by the Rotary Club of Newton Aycliffe have voted the event...

Greenfield Community College PE Department recently held their annual ‘Plank’ challenge for both pupils and staff to see who could hold the fitness related plank position for the longest amount of time. The competition ran throughout January and up to the February half-term as part of a new year fitness related challenge. It also...

A fast-growing team of accountants has taken on more new members of staff after creating its own traineeship programme which has produced four new apprentices. The Durham franchise of national network Certax has been based at Parson’s Court on Aycliffe Business Park since August 2013. After impressive growth, partners Matthew McConnell and...

New Intercity Express trains built in Newton Aycliffe have completed their first journey in ahead of entering passenger service later this year. Hitachi, the company building and maintaining the new fleet from its purpose-built factory on Aycliffe Business Park, successfully ran the test train along the Great Western main line to Wales. The...

The Aycliffe Juniors were involved in another great weekend of football both at Sunnydale and across the region. On Saturday it was our Russell Foster League teams in action. The Under 7's continued their Spring Cup playing against North East Sport Spartans and won 3-0. They controlled the game from start to finish with lots of chances and...

Around 100 jobs could be secured after a US firm confirmed it intends to invest in the Compound Photonics factory in Newton Aycliffe. Kaiam Corporation, a US maker of datacentre transceivers, intends to acquire the manufacturing facilities at the Aycliffe Business Park site. The acquisition includes investment by Compound Photonics into...

Consumers in the North-East are losing an eye-watering £20m a MONTH on unused subscriptions, according to a report. Research from the last three years shows that consumers in our region are throwing away an astonishing amount of money on subscriptions they rarely use including gym memberships, credit reports and TV streaming plans. The 2017...

More than 800 people have paid the price for breaching environmental laws during the past 12 months. Neighbourhood wardens from Durham County Council have issued 803 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) for environmental crimes since 1 April 2016. And of those who received fines for offences such as flytipping, littering and failing to clean up after...

Woodham Academy’s Dance Academy have been practising for many performances and competitions this spring. The first major competition was in Warrington at the Pyramid Parr Hall, a venue that is new to the students. The Great Big Dance Off is a competition that the Dance Academy enter each year and thoroughly enjoy. It is a national...