Leading entrepreneurs from across a range of different sectors inspired more than 200 North-East business leaders at Redworth Hall. The ‘Fortune Favours The Brave’ event, organised by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, featured a host of entrepreneurs from the business world, an Olympic champion, British basketball’s most successful...

When Newton Aycliffe Youth FC Under 13 Falcons badly needed a new playing kit and winter tracksuits they asked for help and got an S.O.S response…quite literally! Stephen O’Sullivan, of S.O.S Plumbing & Heating Services in Ferryhill, did what others found difficult and put his hand in his pocket to sponsor the Falcons and purchase the...

Colne 3, Newton Aycliffe 5 (AET) FA Vase R2, Saturday 21st November Aycliffe progressed to the last 64 of the FA Vase with a tremendous extra-time win at North West Counties League leaders Colne. The win earned Aycliffe a home tie against Atherton Collieries at Moore Lane Park on Saturday 12th December. Aycliffe's victory in Lancashire...

Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have seen their joint share of the groceries market double to 10% in just three years, industry figures show. Analysts Kantar Worldpanel said Aldi, which has a Newton Aycliffe store, enjoyed a 5.6% market share in the 12 weeks to November 8 this year. Lidl has seen its national market share climb to...

Newtonian Rhys Galloway has taken the web by storm with a wonder goal scored for Aycliffe Juniors Under 8’s in a TJFA league game for the club. Rhys, who regularly turns out for Aycliffe Juniors Under 8’s, lined up for his Sunday morning game alongside team mates facing Darlington All Stars. He went on to score a hat-trick which was...

Residents in County Durham are invited to sign up for next year’s garden waste collection service. Durham County Council will resume the fortnightly collections for more than 190,000 eligible properties in March 2016. Householders can subscribe to the service, which offers 17 collections between spring and autumn, for an annual fee of...

Collins Seafoods is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of ‘frozen at sea’ fish with an award-winning reputation spanning almost 40 years - a true North-East success story. The family-run company’s HQ is in the heart of Newton Aycliffe, at Heighington Lane Business Park, from where their team supplies fish and chip shops across the...

Prudhoe & Stocksfield 3, Newton Aycliffe 65 Newton Aycliffe travelled to the little village of Stocksfield to play their tenth league game of the season. Apart from the smell of burning rubber the journey on the coach was uneventful except for one passenger who foresaw death and destruction around every corner. Arriving at the ground...

Students from Woodham Academy have been delighted to receive individual letters from various members of the royal family. Year 9 students were asked to compose a letter to a member of the royal family. They were encouraged to conduct research on someone they admired which would help form the content of the letter. The process helped to...

A public consultation has been launched to help County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service plan for the future as further cuts to government grant funding are expected. The consultation will run until 8th February 2016 when the Combined Fire Authority, made up of local councillors from County Durham and the borough of Darlington, will...