Controversial community champion Ken Robson has been elected on to Great Aycliffe Town Council after winning the West ward by-election. From a paltry turnout of just 14.3%, Councillor Robson won 55% of the vote, with 334 against the Labour Party’s candidate Peter Lewis, who polled 268. Cllr Robson, chairman of the ACORN Residents...

Aycliffe legend Allan Oliver says the town’s football fans have never had it so good, as they prepare for the biggest game in their history. The Blues take on Camberley Town in the last 16 of the FA Vase today (3pm). It’s the furthest Aycliffe have reached in the competition, with a quarter-final place up for grabs. And the man who...

Long-serving Newton Aycliffe defender Dan Mitton says he’s proud to be a part of the club’s current run in the FA Vase. The Blues take on Camberley Town in Surrey on Saturday (3pm) in the fifth round of the competition – with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs. Mitton was part of Allan Oliver’s side which won successive...

Newton Aycliffe are ready to battle for a place in the quarter-finals of the FA Vase, insists manager Peter Dixon. The Newtonians set off on their 550-mile round trip to Camberley Town in Surrey today (Friday), ahead of their fifth round tie at Krooner Park on Saturday. Aycliffe, currently enjoying their best-ever campaign in the Northern...

Greenfield Arts have been hosting Yoga for Young People since May 2015 as a result of a small grants bid, from GAMP, by the school’s Engineheads earlier in the year. The group found it was something that isn’t currently offered to local young people and is a great way to increase positive well-being, increase flexibility and reduce...

Newton Aycliffe 67, Hartlepool Boys Brigade Old Boys 3 After not playing a single game in 2016 and the last game being pre-Christmas, Newton Aycliffe’s first team found themselves at home to Hartlepool BBOB last Saturday. The pitch at Moore Lane like the majority of rugby fields in Durham and Northumberland had suffered from an excess...

The prestigious dance school, Dance City, delivered a contemporary workshop for Woodham Academy students earlier this month. The students who are part of the school’s own Dance Academy (pictured) took part in a range of taster sessions at the Dance City studios in Newcastle. The session included exercises that allowed students to perform...

The Juniors season continued with a string of games spread across the weekend and some notable results, particularly for the Under 10’s and 18’s Red. The Under 7’s faced a strong Leven team who had only lost once so far this season. Aycliffe got a lead after Harry scored from a well worked piece of play. There were plenty of chances for...

Northern League club Newton Aycliffe FC will travel like professionals to their FA Vase fixture this weekend – thanks to the support of two local companies. The County Durham team make the 550-mile round trip to Camberley Town in Surrey for an FA Vase fifth round tie on Saturday – with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs. Stockton...

A Newton Aycliffe cable manufacturing firm is bouncing back after a difficult 2015, landing a second investment round from the Finance For Business North East Growth Fund. ATAG Cable Solutions, which designs, manufactures, tests and supplies a range of cables, is looking at putting job-creating expansion plans into action despite facing...