One of the region’s oldest training providers is celebrating an increase in student numbers after committing £150,000 towards a raft of improvements. South West Durham Training (SWDT) on Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe, which celebrates its 50th year in 2017, has completely re-arranged its building, along Durham Way South, to...

A local sports club is putting to good use a new sprung floor that has recently been installed at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre. Athena Sports Academy have recently taken up residence in the Leisure Centre, but one major drawback was the lack of a sprung floor. With support from Durham County Council’s Culture and Sport Services, the...

A Newton Aycliffe company is encouraging young people to “Love the Lorry” during a national week of action to promote the logistics industry. Family-run Stiller Warehousing and Distribution is joining a number of other firms from the region in a schools initiative as part on the Road Haulage Association’s annual National Lorry Week this...

Aycliffe Club Runners participated in the Auckland Castle race, which was described as a trail race but was more like cross country. The 5.2 mile course was undulating, mostly across fields, a few stiles to climb over and lots of mud! The race started and finished in the grounds of Bishop Auckland Castle. Mark Wade was first home for the...

Steel firm Finley Structures has won a contract to build a second university building for leading major contractor BAM Construction. The family-run steel company, based on Aycliffe Business Park in County Durham, has started work on a 400-tonne project to construct the Sarah Swift building at the University of Lincoln. The new £19m facility...

Newton Aycliffe 3, Penrith 4 Aycliffe's hopes of improving on their third place position were knocked back with a 4-3 defeat at home to Penrith. Aycliffe started brightly and went ahead after four minutes through a Dennis Knight shot from outside the area. They were unlucky not to extend their lead when they hit the bar on 11 minutes....

More than 70 new initiatives are now helping thousands of County Durham residents improve their health and wellbeing. Dozens of schemes tackling a wide range of issues, from dementia, obesity and smoking to eating healthily and overcoming social isolation, have been established during the past three years to meet the specific needs of local...

Newton Aycliffe’s first team finished fifth in the NYSD League second division after winning their last game of the season at Yarm on Saturday... Saturday 10th September – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Yarm 1st XI – weather was dry and sunny. Yarm won the toss and chose to bat first. Yarm 1st XI 176 all out after 49.4...

The first of two events aiming to inform businesses of the vast array of business support services available in County Durham took place on Friday (September 16) at Durham County Cricket Club. The second DBIE event is due to be held at the Xcel Centre on Aycliffe Business Park tomorrow (Tuesday), 9am-12noon – click here to book your free...

Newton Aycliffe’s MP could face a fight for his safe seat in the House of Commons as plans were drawn up this week to re-shape constitutional boundaries. Phil Wilson’s seat, Sedgefield, would be replaced by a new East Durham constituency if the proposals go through. The Tories say the plans are a cost-cutting exercise, to reduce the...