Woodham Academy’s Let’s Get Cooking club is as popular as ever with record numbers joining this term. The club is an ideal opportunity for pupils of all abilities and their families to have fun whilst learning valuable life skills and gaining the confidence to cook nutritious and tasty meals from scratch. Let’s Get Cooking is a lottery...

Plans for a new drive-thru restaurant on the site of the Cubby community cafe in Newton Aycliffe town centre have taken a huge step forward. Following the marketing of the site next to Tesco on Greenwell Road, Durham County Council has accepted an offer to develop the site as a drive-thru from the owners of the adjoining retail parade, Sheet...

A three-year plan to improve public rights of way in County Durham is to be discussed by councillors. Durham County Council, in conjunction with the County Durham Local Access Forum, has drawn up a Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP), entitled Walk, Cycle, Ride. The plan, which builds on previous plans and covers 2015 to 2018, is designed...

Durham County Council has had to about turn on plans to rip out 7,000 street lights across the county. The local authority now says it only plans to take out 3,000 lights instead of 7,000. But a total of 55,000 streetlights in the county will be upgraded with improved LED lights – 13,588 more than first planned. The revised figures,...

Huntsman 6, Timothy Hackworth 0 By Craig Woodhead The Huntsman bounced back to form this week following last week’s disappointing cup defeat, with a 6-0 over Shildon Timothy Hackworth at home on Sunday. Manager Neil Dodds was forced into several changes, centre half Anthony Macdonald had to play as emergency goalkeeper with Nathan...

A Newton Aycliffe family group of companies has been boosted by a new record year for its steel construction division. Aycliffe-based Finley Structures saw turnover jump to £16.4m by the end of March this year - up £3.1m on 2014. During that time, the steel fabrication firm has also taken on eight new employees - boosting staff numbers to...

Durham City 0 Newton Aycliffe 5 By Bob Wood Aycliffe pulled off a fantastic victory over Durham City in the Ebac Northern League Division One on Saturday. Four goals in a devastating ten-minute second half spell secured three important points for Peter Dixon's side. The victory came despite the visitors losing new signing John Campbell...

Competitive club swimmers from Woodham Sports Academy took part in the English Schools Swimming Association North East Trials recently. The event was held at Durham City Freeman Quay and hosted schools from all over the North East of England to compete in medley and freestyle relays. The squad was a mixture of year 7 and 8 girls, and year 9...

Newton Aycliffe Juniors football season continued with some exciting games and hard fought victories over the course of the weekend. The Under 8’s were up against Barnard Castle Hurricanes and managed to gain a notable win. Playing some excellent passing football they scored eight goals with no reply, Harvey scored four, Rhys got a hat-trick...

Newton Aycliffe have signed former Darlington striker John Campbell on loan. The Geordie striker, who played at Wembley for the Quakers in the 2011 FA Trophy final, has joined the Newtonians from fellow Northern League side Jarrow Roofing, initially on loan, with a view to the deal becoming permanent. Campbell was with League Two Oxford...