West Allotment Celtic 1, Newton Aycliffe 5 Aycliffe got back to winning ways with a 5-1 victory away to West Allotment. A hat-trick from John Campbell ensured the points and gave Aycliffe a great preparation for next week's big FA Vase game. Both sides played passing football throughout, on a good surface. It was Aycliffe who took the...

Aycliffe Business Park is home to more than 300 firms including Hitachi, Gestamp Tallent, Husqvarna, 3M and more, and around 10,000 employees. Aycliffe Today Business is the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – mailed and delivered exclusively across the park six times a year, with a print readership of 8,000 plus thousands more...

Students at Woodham Academy pulled out all the stops for their visit from Pudsey bear last week. The school celebrated Children In Need by organising a dress up day, a raffle for a beautiful Pudsey cake made by Chef, Linda Vipond, and a giant Pudsey bear teddy, a teachers vs students football match, a dance- off and having Pudsey spend the day...

Here’s your round-up from Aycliffe Running Club... Mark Wade participated in Hellvellyn 10k trail race, which is part of the Lakeland Trail series. The conditions on the day were cold but sunny; ideal running weather. Mark completed the race in an impressive time of 37:39 and placed 2nd overall. Four members of the club turned out for Tees...

Around 50 people gathered for Aycliffe Business Park Community’s latest news and networking session. The event, held at the Xcel Centre on Aycliffe Business Park on Thursday morning, was open to firms across County Durham and included a number of first-time visitors both from inside and outside Aycliffe. Attendees were updated about a...

A woman from Newton Aycliffe is one of eight people to be prosecuted by Durham County Council for dropping litter. The council took three men and five women to court under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce enviro-crime in the county. All of them – including 51-year-old Evelyn Anne Kell, of...

A Newtonian who has worked her way up to a senior management position with supermarket giant Asda has been recognised for her achievements in business. Alex Newbould (above, centre) won the business category of the national Women of the Future (WOF) awards in London. The ceremony, now in its 11th year, celebrates the best of upcoming female...

Community cash could improve parking problems in a Newton Aycliffe housing estate. Next week’s Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) board meeting will consider three new projects which have been submitted by local councillors John Clare, Mike Dixon and Joan Gray. One of the projects is a response to increasing parking problems...

A local youth project is starting to benefit from funding received from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). The Foundation of Light’s ‘Mini Kickers’ and ‘Kicks’ initiatives, which support young people living in the GAMP area, have recently benefitted from a small grant received from the GAMP Capital Small Grants...

Aycliffe Juniors football teams had a mixed weekend with some cancellations of away games due to the inclement weather and others enjoying their home games at Sunnydale. The Under 7's (pictured) are proving to be unstoppable this season and gained an impressive 14-2 win at Billingham this week. Alex was on top form and scored a superb nine...