The leader of Durham County Council says a revised County Plan will be drawn up ready for a new inspection in 2016. It was revealed this week that the County Durham Plan (CDP) will be subject to a fresh examination in public after weeks of wrangling to revive the plan between the local authority and Government ministers. The CDP is an...

Construction work today officially started on the North East's first University Technical College in Newton Aycliffe. The £10m UTC South Durham, an engineering and advanced manufacturing Centre of Excellence, will open in September 2016. Building started today (Friday) next to Hitachi Rail Europe’s new train-building factory on Aycliffe...

Newton Aycliffe manager Peter Dixon knows his side is up against it in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday. His Northern League side are priced 6/1 to win their second qualifying round tie at home to current FA Trophy champions North Ferriby United (3pm kick-off). Their opponents play three leagues above Aycliffe and beat full-time pros Wrexham...

North East devolution was discussed at a meeting of the Aycliffe Business Park meeting on Thursday. Business people gathered from around the park and, on this rare occasion, visitors from outside the business park were permitted to join the latest news and networking event. Durham County Council leader Simon Henig and Graham Robb, chair of...

G Force has given Aycliffe family firm Gregg Little Testing Centre a smart new look. The local car garage has completed a rebranding overhaul, done by Aycliffe Business Park's leading design and web agency, Thrive Marketing. New signage, uniforms and stationary has all been brought into line with the new logo and welcoming colour schemes,...

A Newton Aycliffe student has been recognised for his 100% attendance record. Christopher Waters attended Greenfield Community College (Aycliffe Campus) from September 2010 until July this year, without ever having a day off. Christopher and his family were invited to attend a presentation at The Riverside Stadium Chester-le- Street to...

Space is already being snapped up for the 19th edition of Newton Aycliffe's award-winning B2B magazine, Aycliffe Today Business. We've already made a start on content for the November-December issue - the last edition of 2015 - and already we have at least two new companies we've never featured before. We're offering 20% off space in this...

Two Woodham Academy students have celebrated scoring full marks in their GCSE History exam, with a third pupil only dropping one mark across two papers. When the GCSE results were published in August, Olivia Tarn, Emma Sandford-Hodgson and Sian Boultwood, now all 16, discovered they were some of the country's top performers. "This is an...

Winter opening hours are due to come into effect at County Durham’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) from next week. Durham County Council is advising residents to check opening times at their local sites - including Newton Aycliffe's - before visiting. The winter opening hours will be in place from 1st October until 31st March...

There was lots of action from Aycliffe Juniors again this weekend with games in both league and cup... • The under 10’s Russell Foster league team had a 4-2 win against Shotton Colts Reds. Aycliffe conceded first and could not break Shotton down before half time. In the second half Aycliffe took the game to Shotton and Bo volleyed...