Five hardy runners turned up to Alnwick Cross Country in freezing wet and very muddy conditions. In the women’s 4.2 mile race Sue Milburn and Claire O'Connor (cross country debut) battled round the muddy and hilly course. Sue came home in 39.27 and 181 position and 3rd V55, followed by Claire in 240 position in 43.17. The men’s 3 lap,...

Newton Aycliffe-based shower manufacturer Roman celebrated National Apprenticeship Week this week. As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Roman staff from different departments attended the “Finding Your Future” event at one of their local colleges (Bishop Auckland College), where they provided information about Roman, as they are...

A young athlete will represent his Newton Aycliffe school in a national biathlon tournament this weekend. Woodham Academy year 8 student Jake Mendelsohn is preparing to take part in The British Schools’ Modern Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace on Sunday (20th March). The national event is organised by Pentathlon GB and athletes have...

Police are warning residents to be vigilant after a spate of burglaries in Newton Aycliffe. In his latest blog on Aycliffe Today, Neighbourhood Police Team Inspector Mark Edwards revealed six different streets have been targeted in the last fortnight. “We have seen a rise in the occurrence of burglaries over the last couple of weeks in...

There will be no changes to bin collections in County Durham during the Easter Bank Holiday. This includes refuse, recycling and garden waste collections (for those who have signed up to the scheme). Households who have collections on a Friday are therefore reminded to still put their bins out on Good Friday (March 25). Residents are also...

Yarm 0, Newton Aycliffe 38 Newton Aycliffe bounced back from their first defeat of the season at South Shields to win comfortably in Yarm. On first view the playing condition looked perfect, sunny blue cloudless skies, no wind and a reasonably flat if not very small pitch. On closer inspection the pitch although green was a quagmire...

Globetrotting students raised more than £350 to help fund an international school trip by packing bags for shoppers. A group of Greenfield Community College pupils completed the fundraising stunt at Newton Aycliffe’s Tesco Extra store. The students raised £353.47 from the bag-pack – which will go towards £1,495 they’re aiming to...

Aycliffe Juniors had several games on what would have been the last day of the TJFA season for some was it not for the re-arranged fixtures to be played. Some sides having several games left to play, this will give the players plenty of time to show off the new club merchandise on sale, proudly shown off by Tom (above). The Under 7’s faced...

Young mechanic Luke Reynolds has won a senior role with local garage Gregg Little Testing Centre after being awarded Aycliffe Business Park’s Apprenticeship of the Year award. The teenager beat off competition from apprentices at the likes of Gestamp Tallent and Hitachi Rail Europe to scoop the accolade at the Make Your Mark business awards...

A Newton Aycliffe fire officer ran 48 miles in a day at the weekend to raise money for the Fire Fighters Charity. Rob Cherrie joined chief fire officer (CFO) for County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service Stuart Errington and officers Phil Innis and Dan Wootton in the ultra challenge on Sunday. They ran 48 miles from Rowlands Gill...