The wet weather had led to various postponements recently so it was great for a few of the Newton Aycliffe Juniors teams to be guaranteed some game time at the Alun Armstrong Sports Centre in their Christmas tournaments held over the 27th and 28th December. One team also managed to play their scheduled league fixture on 3rd January. The Under...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker completes his review of 2015... December • Newton Aycliffe hair extension specialists Lox of Love (below) is awarded top 10 national VIP status by Beauty Works, a national Cheshire-based stockists which caters for stars including Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nicole Scherzinger. • Music fans in...

Newton Aycliffe firm Stiller Warehousing and Distribution is marking the end of a strong financial year, with turnover up 23% to £13m. And the family firm has celebrated by investing £125,000 in five brand new trailers. Stiller, based on Aycliffe Business Park, provides cost-effective warehousing and distribution services to businesses in...

A global craft supplies company’s application to convert the former Holiways garage has been recommended for approval. Crafter’s Companion, based at Coundon, Bishop Auckland, has targeted the former car showroom to be its base for exciting £100m growth plans. Durham County Council planners had identified other locations as potential...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on October and November... October • Newton Aycliffe’s rugby team storm to victory against second-top and previously unbeaten South Shields Marine. Club captain and stalwart Warren Parsonage described the victory as Aycliffe’s finest hour. • New...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on August and September... August • The chairman of ACORN Residents’ Association Ken Robson causes a stir with extreme views saying we should have tougher laws on criminals – including capital punishment for murderers and child molesters, public floggings...

Police are appealing for information after a serious assault in the town just before Christmas. Officers say the incident happened at around 9.45pm on Wednesday 23rd December, in between the Cobblers Hall pub and Burn Lane, when a female and male were assaulted by three men. Police are appealing for anyone who may have been in the area at or...

A Newton Aycliffe-based security and risk management consultancy has strengthened its international ties after partnering with a specialist African driving training facility. Trident Manor has collaborated with OnCourse, an African-based training provider for defensive driving, to create a specialist programme aimed at managing driving and...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on June and July... June • Plans to build a new care home on the site of the former police station in Newton Aycliffe are submitted to Durham County Council, after Durham Constabulary sold the 1.1-acre site to Gateshead-based group Helen McArdle Care, which...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on April and May... April • Aycliffe Today reveal exciting plans to launch a brand new radio station, but ‘Airplays Flood’ turns out to be an April Fool prank. • Former Prime Minister Tony Blair (below) visits Aycliffe Business Park to deliver a...