The Tesco Extra store in Newton Aycliffe celebrated the introduction of high street fashion brands to the store by donating £1,000 to local charity Hub of Wishes and announcing the winner of its school design-a-bag competition. The store on Greenwell Road has welcomed fashion brands Burtons, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Wallis following a...

A multi-tasking mum with over a decade of retail experience has been selected by Newton Aycliffe-based Crafter’s Companion to head up its flagship store in the town. Amy Rodger, 28, from Chester-Le-Street joins the leading international craft company as store manager with a strong merchandising background, having climbed the retail ladder...

Members of Newton Aycliffe Rotary Club recently swapped their Rotary badge pins for pins of an altogether different type. They took time out from their weekly community service activities to demonstrate their ten pin bowling skills at the town’s Planet Leisure Centre. And at the end of an evening, trophies for the highest scoring male and...

West Auckland 0, Newton Aycliffe 3 Newton Aycliffe were good value for this 3-0 win away to West Auckland, and had several good chances to come away with a much bigger win. They got off to a flier after two minutes when a Ben Wood shot was blocked but it fell to captain Jamie Owens, who finished with a low shot into the corner. The game...

Residents in Durham are being informed that the county’s Household Waste Recycling Centres will soon be switching to summer opening hours. Between 1 April and 30 September, HWRCs will operate the following summer opening hours: 9.00am – 6.00pm everyday: • Annfield Plain • Heighington Lane, Newton Aycliffe •...

The Aycliffe Juniors league schedules continued and there was another semi final to enjoy this week with manager Adrian Dawson looking for a double. After he guided the Under 17's to a final last week it was his Under 11's team facing Whinney Banks in the Under 11 TJFA League Cup semi this week. Whinney Banks and Aycliffe have both been...

A fourth generation family firm which manufactures kitchen components was named Aycliffe Business Park’s Company of the Year during an evening of celebration. PWS picked up the top accolade at Aycliffe Business Park Community’s Make Your Mark event, held at the Xcel Centre with more than 250 people in attendance. The award was presented...

The Tees Valley Combined Authority and Darlington Council have launched a transformational vision for Darlington Station. The event, held at CPI National Biologics Manufacturing Centre, set out vision for Darlington 2025, which include remodelling the station and creating dedicated platforms for local connections and future high speed...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Billingham Synthonia 3 Cup holders Aycliffe went out of this year’s Durham Challenge Cup competition in a thrilling semi-final tie at Moore Lane. Aycliffe took an experienced Billingham Synthonia side to the wire, but went out 3-2 when the Synners scored a last-minute winner. Aycliffe suffered a massive setback before...

County Durham’s economy has continued to grow despite a challenging economic environment, according to a report. The report will ask council members to note that latest estimates show there are now over 200,000 jobs in Durham, showing an increase of 4.7% between 2014 and 2015. This is higher than the equivalent growth for the North East...