A new cycle shelter has been officially unveiled at Sabre Rail on Aycliffe Business Park. The shelter provides storage for up to 20 cycles and is available for use by staff and visitors to the company. The £5,000 shelter was funded by Local Motion, the sustainable transport project for South Durham, and was officially opened by...

Woodham Academy is celebrating another good year of language results. All students at Woodham Academy learn a language, with around two thirds taking a GCSE. And the school says 80% of students taking French this summer achieved a good GCSE grade (A*-C grade). Woodham's head of languages John Coley said: “I am so proud of our...

Team Local Motion popped into 3M with Dr Bike and Operation Spoke to give employees’ bikes a bit of a health check and security mark them for free. Dr Bike is a service which checks that bikes are safe to ride. The mechanic demonstrates how to do a simple check of the bike to ensure all the working and moving parts of it are healthy; carries...

Newton Aycliffe 0, North Ferriby Utd 0 Emirates FA Cup, second qualifying round By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe pulled off one of the surprises of the FA Cup so far by holding a side 73 places above them to a draw at Moore Lane Park. North Ferriby play in the National League North, formerly the Conference North, which is three divisions...

Newton Aycliffe chairman Allan Oliver says Saturday's FA Cup tie at home to North Ferriby is the biggest occasion in the club's history. Aycliffe welcome the Conference North side to Moore Lane Park in the second qualifying round of the famous competition today (3pm kick-off). The Blues would pocket £4,500 in prize money if they win the...

Newton Aycliffe captain Paul Garthwaite reckons the Newtonians are capable of pulling off a dream FA Cup victory today. Peter Dixon's side face Conference North outfit North Ferriby United in the second qualifying round of the famous competition at Moore Lane Park today (3pm kick-off). Aycliffe go into the game as huge underdogs against the...

A PE teacher has taken on a new role at the ROF 59 activity centre on Aycliffe Business Park as the complex opened its state-of-the-art trampoline park. Peter Ramsey has been appointed leisure manager at the family fun venue, which has been built on the site of a former World War II munitions factory. The 38-year-old father-of-two left his...

Police have issued a picture of a man they're looking for. Officers say Craig Beal, pictured above, is wanted in relation to an offence committed in the Shildon area. Anyone who knows where he is is asked to call police on 101.  

Paul McGeary takes a closer look at Newton Aycliffe's FA Cup visitors to Moore Lane on Saturday... Newton Aycliffe will look to rewrite their own history books again this weekend with a giantkilling cup victory against a side who aren’t strangers to their own bit of historical giantkilling. Current FA Trophy holders North Ferriby United...

Boxers will get in the ring for charity after being inspired by terminally-ill Aycliffe tot Briannah-Rae. Rachel Hetherington’s baby daughter contracted Group B Streptococcus (GBS) during labour, which led to meningitis and irreversible brain damage. Tiny Briannah-Rae is yet to open her eyes and doctors say it's unlikely she ever will...