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...

The Aycliffe Juniors football weekend began again with a girl’s taster session on Friday evening. This week was for 7-10 year olds introducing them to the game and it was a great evening for all. The Under 7’s braved some terrible conditions to play the unbeaten Billingham United. It was well worth it as shared between goals from Ashton,...

Newton Aycliffe are hoping to stretch their impressive unbeaten league record at home to Ashington on Tuesday night. The Newtonians climbed up to seventh in the Ebac Northern League with a 2-0 win at West Auckland Town on Saturday, thanks to goals by Paul Garthwaite and John Campbell. And they hope to make it 10 league games unbeaten when...

Looking for an unusual Christmas gift for the amateur historian in your family? Durham County Record Office is now offering gift vouchers for history courses and taster sessions running in the New Year. Two Palaeography Taster Sessions in January will give people the chance to pick up hints and tips on reading old handwriting and...

Jason Steele’s Big Club team will entertain Scouse Sunday side Garston in the All England Cup at the town’s Moore Lane Park ground this weekend. Aycliffe WMC, who play in the Durham and District Sunday League Premier Division, comfortably beat Seaton Carew 8-1 in the first round of the FA Sunday Cup to book their place in the next stage of...

A new craze is sweeping through Woodham Academy which has huge educational value. Students at the school have been participating in Code Combat activities – a global game for geeks. It involves playing an online role playing game (RPG) but instead of controlling your character the traditional gaming fashion with a game controller or...