A Newton Aycliffe man who donated his stem cells through the Anthony Nolan register has formed a close friendship with the stranger whose life he saved. Trevor Tinkler, 56, pictured above (left), donated stem cells in 2010 to Mike Felton, a 49-year-old fund manager from Harpenden in Hertfordshire. Trevor, a specialist pipe-welder who has...

Families battling to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Matthew devastated large parts of the Caribbean island of Haiti are to be given a helping hand by Rotarians in Newton Aycliffe. The town’s Rotary club is to fund the cost of supplying two emergency Shelter Boxes to provide temporary accommodation, warmth and comfort for families...

Hitachi Rail Europe has secured a £60m contract to build five new “bi-mode” Inter City trains for the East Coast mainline. The five-carriage passenger vehicles, which will be operated by Hull Trains, will be built at Hitachi’s new manufacturing facility on Aycliffe Business Park. Hitachi will build five AT300 trains of five carriages...

Friends of a church community came together at the weekend to raise over £1500 for the charity Bloodwise in the name of Newtonian Paul McGeary and his #NotOneInch fundraising campaign. McGeary was diagnosed with relapsed blood cancer APML earlier this year, having been in remission from an initial diagnosis back in November 2014, and the...

People who live, work, study or volunteer in the Great Aycliffe and Middridge area are being encouraged to get involved and vote for the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) priorities for 2017-18. GAMP will have £100,000 to spend next year, and people are being asked to tell them how this money should be spent. Voting is open to...

The boss of Newton Aycliffe firm PWS has inspired a remarkable, record-breaking fundraising effort. Blood, Sweat and Gears was the brainchild of Mark Stephenson, CEO of PWS on Aycliffe Business Park, a challenge which successfully undertook a 500km cycling challenge across South Africa. It was hoped to raise £250,000 for Help for Heroes –...

Morpeth Town 5, Newton Aycliffe 0 Newton Aycliffe FC's disappointing recent league form continued with a 5-0 defeat at Morpeth Town on Saturday. After a good midweek win against Bishop Auckland in the Durham Challenge Cup hopes were high that Aycliffe could repeat last season's wins over the FA Vase holders. However, they never really...

People in Newton Aycliffe will soon get a first look at the changes taking place at their local leisure centre. The first phase of work to revamp the front of the building will be unveiled next week with the opening of a new main entrance. The £1m project, being carried out by Durham County Council, will also see the town’s library moving...

With this year’s Poppy appeal in full bloom County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) is proud to be launching a partnership with the Royal British Legion to help keep ex-forces and their families safe and well. Help and information available through the CDDFRS ‘Safe and Wellbeing’ scheme will now be promoted via the...

Aycliffe Juniors continued their season with a series of league fixtures for all the players to enjoy. For these fixtures to go ahead we are always dependent on referees so it was great this week that two of our players, Tom Cayless and Sam Dawson, both qualified as referees and took charge of NAJFC games. The Under 7's were again victorious...