As Halloween and bonfire night approach, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service is reminding parents to protect their children from flammable fancy dress costumes. The issue became much discussed following an accident in 2014 when presenter Claudia Winkleman’s daughter was burned when her Halloween fancy dress costume...

Seaham 0, Newton Aycliffe 50 Newton Aycliffe 1st XV had a last minute rearranged fixture away to Seaham Rugby Club at the weekend. Due to players already making plans for the weekend seven first team regulars were unavailable to play, meaning the team had to pull on its resources. In years gone by this would have posed a problem for the...

Aycliffe students Jordan Kent and Curtis Craggs celebrated with their families the amazing achievement of five years without a day’s absence at Greenfield Community College. The school’s head David Priestley and assistant head Mrs Stubbs joined them at the Riverside Stadium in Chester-le-Street along with Durham’s corporate director for...

Another great weekend of football action for Aycliffe Juniors and some superb performances to report... The Under 7's continued their great start to the season with a win away at Darlington TSC. Goals from Alex (5) and two each for Dylan and Thomas gave them the win on a morning where Alex was named man of the match. The Under 9 Russell...

This week’s Durham Oktoberfest, the region’s biggest engineering and manufacturing networking event, is now fully booked to exhibitors. The event, at the Xcel Centre on Aycliffe Business Park, is in its ninth year and attracts hundreds of businesses from around the North East and beyond, who want to meet potential suppliers and...

Newtonian Ben Wood returned to his hometown club from Shildon last week. But the midfielder’s homecoming was spoiled by two successive defeats for Peter Dixon’s side as they slipped to sixth in the Northern League first division. After a disappointing midweek loss at Whitley Bay last week, Aycliffe were hopeful of returning to winning...

Work by Durham County Council to pave the way for an expected 3,200 jobs and an economic boost of nearly half a billion pounds is now underway. With £13m funding from the Local Enterprise Partnership, Durham County Council is carrying out work to prepare the 52 hectare Forrest Park site in Newton Aycliffe. This additional site will expand...

New homebuilder Chapter Homes has reported sales totalling £6.75m in the four weeks following the public launch of its first development in Newton Aycliffe in the summer. The Durham-based company attributes much of the sales success to the launch of luxury show homes on the Eden Field site. The three-bedroom Mason and Cuthbert, and...

Sarah Honeyman has taken up the position of inspector in Newton Aycliffe’s Neighbourhood Police Team. Insp Honeyman takes over from acting inspector Mark Edwards, who had been filling the role since the sudden and tragic death of former insp Mark Hall in April last year. Having served with Durham Constabulary for over 21 years, Insp...

Efforts to ensure County Durham’s workforce has the skills to meet demand are proving successful. A report to Durham County Council’s Cabinet also states that further work by the authority and its partners is now needed in order to build on achievements so far. The council’s Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Committee carried out a...