Ryanair has celebrated the start of its Newcastle summer 2017 schedule and the first flights on its new routes to Barcelona Girona, Faro, Madrid and Palma. Ryanair’s Newcastle summer 2017 schedule, its biggest ever, includes 12 routes, with more flights to holiday hotspots Alicante and Malaga, and new summer services to Lanzarote and...

Families are being invited to discover their ancestors through a series of sessions at Durham County Record Office. Over the next two months, the Record Office’s Branching Out programme will explore civilians in the Second World War, how to trace ancestors before 1800 and electoral registers. Dawn Layland, education and outreach archivist...

A Newton Aycliffe business has secured more than a million pounds’ worth of investment from a major private equity firm. Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) has received a £1.1m boost from Maven Capital Partners, a prominent UK private equity house, and worked alongside another local business, Stockton-based Endeavour Partnership, to complete the...

Police are appealing for information after a window was damaged in Newton Aycliffe. The incident occurred between midnight and 8.15am on Friday (April 21) on Arlington Road. Police are appealing to anyone in the area to contact them if they saw anything suspicious or heard or saw any persons acting suspiciously. Anyone with any...

A round-up of the cricket season’s opening fixtures for Aycliffe’s cricket teams... Saturday 22nd April – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Wolviston 1st XI – weather was dry and sunny. Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Wolviston 1st XI 200 for 7 after 50 overs Sean Morgan 3 for 25, Michael Howe 1 for 15 and...

Aycliffe Today is offering businesses the chance to market direct to more than 400 companies from just £68 with a new offer. We’ve created a new ‘business card’ advertising option in our popular B2B magazine, Aycliffe Today Business, which is circulated across the North-East’s biggest business park six times a year. The advertising...

This weekend saw many of the Aycliffe Juniors conclude their league seasons with one team gaining a well deserved promotion. Our youngest teams who still have games remaining will continue to compete in the Russell Foster Spring league. In the Spring league the Under 7's played Coxhoe United and won 3-1 with man of the match Thomas scoring a...

Husqvarna has celebrated a landmark occasion for British manufacturing this April as it marks the production of its one millionth robotic lawnmower at its UK headquarters on Aycliffe Business Park – said to be a first for the industry. The day, which proves a milestone moment for the company, is a testament to Husqvarna Group’s devotion to...

Newton Aycliffe-based shower designer and manufacturer Roman has received The Queens Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Roman has been awarded the recognition for International Trade as it has shown a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings over three consecutive 12 month periods, to a level which is outstanding. The...

On a bright and sunny Saturday in March Trish Kay took part in Coniston 14. The 14-mile road race is a lovely scenic, undulating course around the Lake at Coniston. Trish, who is trying to get back after a bad injury, completed the course in 02:00:36. On Sunday March 26, the final race in the Tees Trail 5k winter series took place at Ropner...