The Mother’s Day weekend saw some fixtures lost to the heavy rain and others going ahead as the Aycliffe Juniors football season continued in to March... The Under 7’s played away at Billingham, they faced a two goal deficit early on but got back on terms with goals from Ashton and Kai. The home team were strong and scored again to win the...

Police are appealing for people with CCTV cameras in three areas of Newton Aycliffe to help them with their enquiries. It comes after a number of unsecured garages were entered by unknown people in a number of Aycliffe residential areas this week. The incidents happened overnight from Wednesday (2nd March) to the morning of...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker will join more than 30 other business owners and executives to sleep rough for a night in the fight against local poverty and homelessness. But more volunteers are wanted for the charity sleepout event at Preston Park Museum in Stockton. Aycliffe Today Business and our sister magazine, Tees Business, are...

Self-made North East businessman and philanthropist, Jeremy Middleton, is the first politician to declare his intention to run in the North East mayoral election, which is expected to take place in May 2017. Mr Middleton announced his intention to seek the Conservative Party nomination for the North East region, which includes County Durham,...

A community hub which is visited 320,000 times a year has completed a two-week makeover costing about £150,000. The newly-refurbished Pioneering Care Centre has welcomed back visitors, service users, tenants and staff as it re-opened its doors this week. The centre was closed for a fortnight to carry out essential works to ensure a safe and...

Marie Curie is looking for enthusiastic individuals raring to engage with the local community in Newton Aycliffe. The charity are encouraging local people to join the Newton Aycliffe Fundraising Group and make a difference, all while meeting new people in the area, having fun and helping to secure the on-going support delivered by Marie...

British national champion Paracyclist Craig McCann visited students at Greenfield recently. The wheelchair fencer, who is hoping to make the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, worked with Mr Butterworth’s year 10 GCSE PE class. McCann and Mr Butterworth’s team taught a pre-planned theory lesson on diet in sport. “It proved to be a fantastic...

Police are hunting a man who duped an unsuspecting resident out of money by impersonating a window cleaner. Officers say a young male, in his early 20s and of skinny build wearing a red hooded top, attended an address in Bruce Road, off Pease Way, at about 6pm on Tuesday (1st March). The suspect claimed to be a window cleaner before taking...

Newton Aycliffe town centre has confirmed that the final phase of its current redevelopment has re-started. Bosses say the demolition of Churchill House is now taking place – several months behind schedule. The town centre told Aycliffe Today in June last year that the third phase of the £10m redevelopment, which would retain the clock...

Young people from Newton Aycliffe school Woodham Academy have been visiting car-maker Nissan as part of an engineering course. The group of 14 Year 9 students spent a week at the Sunderland plant to discover the world of manufacturing and industry by attending the course delivered by Industrial Cadets, an initiative that aims to inspire young...