As Halloween approaches, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service is reminding parents to protect their children from flammable fancy dress costumes. The issue was highlighted last year when presenter Claudia Winkleman’s daughter was burned when her Halloween fancy dress costume accidentally caught fire. Since then,...

Navy Club 5, Gainford Cross Keys 4 By Liam Fenwick In-form Navy Club were given an away fixture to Gainford Cross Keys in the Divison Three League Cup. The Navy Club were in good form going into this fixture with them currently topping the league and progressing into the second round of the heart foundation cup. A few changes to the...

Another fantastic weekend of football for the Aycliffe Juniors teams with some great comebacks and thrilling high scoring draws, as well as wins across the age groups... The Under 7’s (pictured) were up against Darlington RA Locomotives and the whole squad played really well. Goals from Harry and Ashton were earnt from a great team effort,...

Organisers of this year’s free fireworks display have added four new dates for Newton Aycliffe residents to pick up wristbands for the show. The event will be held at the OakLeaf Sports Complex on Thursday 5th November. So far, 3,650 wristbands have been collected from 6,000 which are available. Residents can pick up their wristbands on...

Newton Aycliffe resident Joanna Davies is starting her own business thanks to GAMP's “Step into Business” scheme. Joanna has always kept birds and started “Love Dove Me Do”, a dove hire business catering for all special occasions, as a way of turning a hobby into a business. Working with staff at South Durham Enterprise Agency...

Bedlington Terriers 1, Newton Aycliffe 3 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe took their unbeaten league run to eight games with a 3-1 win at Bedlington on Saturday. Goals from John Campbell (two) and Matty Moffat secured the points as Aycliffe climbed up to fifth in the Ebac Northern League first division. The Newtonians made a positive start...

Gestamp Tallent has beaten off competition from entrants across the region to win the North-East final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2015. Newton Aycliffe’s biggest employer fought off stiff competition from other firms to be named regional winner of the Large Employer of the Year category. Gestamp will now go through national...

A vital new hub is up and running and ready to serve some of the most rural parts of County Durham in preparation for winter. Durham County Council is gearing up for the wintry conditions by unveiling the refurbished 615sq m depot at Wolsingham, which will house the fleet of gritters and snow blowers under cover, protecting them from the...

Greenfield Arts were excited to host a visit from the Netherlands recently for colleagues there to see its Room 13 School in the Cloud. The school worked with summer school students from the Aycliffe Site and Sunnydale Campus from Greenfield Community College to explore the big question "what makes us human?". The visitors were impressed...

After a few years flirting with relegation, Newton Aycliffe are back at the right end of the Northern League table. The club is creating history almost every week and there is a real sense of success within Moore Lane Park. The club’s once vociferous and loyal support has become detached in recent seasons however. Club Secretary Stephen...