UTC South Durham hosted a successful business breakfast at Hitachi Rail Europe’s new rail facility in Newton Aycliffe. The £10m UTC – an engineering and advanced manufacturing Centre of Excellence backed by Hitachi Rail Europe, Gestamp Tallent and the University of Sunderland – will be the first in the North-East, and is on schedule to...

Newton Aycliffe solicitors Hewitts has agreed to support the Butterwick Hospice’s Great North Run campaign this year. The hospice, which has sites in Bishop Auckland and Stockton, visited businesses during a news and networking event on Aycliffe Business Park recently. Butterwick has 320 places for this year’s September Great North Run...

Aycliffe Today’s business magazine is the only publication which is exclusively mailed direct to every firm on Aycliffe Business Park. Companies now have a chance to market direct to the Aycliffe market in the May-June issue of Aycliffe Today Business, due out early May. We only have a limited number of slots available as there are only...

Newton Aycliffe residents were on high alert this morning after a vast sinkhole covering the whole Northern area of the town was discovered. Scientists have unearthed a huge, 20-foot deep underground cavern stretching two miles from the edge of the town centre to Rushyford. Boffins believe the problem dates back to when water retreated at...

Hitachi Rail Europe has won a deal to make 19 new high-speed trains which will improve connectivity from the North-East to the North-West and Scotland. The new TransPennine Express (TPE) franchise, operated by FirstGroup, has been given the go-ahead by government to complete a new rolling stock contract with Hitachi to supply the trains, made...

Star gazing is high on the agenda for students at Woodham Academy thanks to a new piece of scientific kit. The school has acquired a state-of-the-art automated reflector telescope which will be used to allow GCSE Astronomy students to easily access fascinating sights of the solar system. Woodham Academy was able to purchase the telescope...

Aycliffe runners attended the Mermaid 10K in Marske on Good Friday. Almost 230 runners took part in the race, with five runners from Aycliffe Running Club, all recording impressive times, and two runners achieving personal bests. They’re pictured (above, left-to-right): Ste Smith, Rob Young, Michelle Jane, Mark Wade, Rob Jayne. The...

A multi-billion-pound plan to transform the future development of County Durham will start again, seven years after the process first began. A new consultation exercise will be carried out by the local authority, which expects to submit a new report to Government by December 2017. Durham County Council withdrew its previous plan after it was...

Huntsman 0, Coundon Durham Ox 2 Following the disappointing 5-4 loss to Tow Law two weeks ago, The Huntsman entered Sunday’s home game against Coundon Durham Ox level on points with the visitors, in what looked to be a shootout for the title. Anthony Macdonald was again forced to play in goal, while Stuart Ord and Ryan Mercer were both...

A Newton Aycliffe man has been charged with “a number” of recent burglaries across Newton Aycliffe and Shildon. In his regular blog on Aycliffe Today, Neighbourhood Police Team Inspector Mark Edwards says a 42-year-old local man has been charged with multiple incidents and detained until he appears in court. Aycliffe Today had reported a...