West Allotment Celtic 0, Newton Aycliffe 4 By Bob Wood Matty Moffat opened his account for Aycliffe with two goals in a comfortable win at West Allotment Celtic. Aycliffe gained the three points with a 4-0 scoreline against the Newcastle side on Wednesday night. The first half saw Aycliffe make a hesitant start with keeper James Winter...

By Craig Woodhead The Huntsman got life in Division 2 of the Wear Valley Sunday League off to a great start following a resounding 5-1 victory over Kirk Merrington Half Moon. The manger handed debuts to keeper Nathan Wintour, Stuart Ord, Paul Barnes and Reed Molloy. And it was the Huntsman who started brightly and forced a couple of good...

Thrill-seeking people of all ages can now enjoy a state-of-the-art activity centre which has opened on the site of a former World War II munitions factory in Newton Aycliffe. ROF 59 is a £1.1m, 70,000 sq ft mixed-leisure complex which opened its doors on Aycliffe Business Park this week, creating 20 new jobs. Owners Finley Structures have...

Police would like to speak to a woman in connection with an alleged theft. CCTV stills have been released of a female, who's believed to live locally, in relation to a theft which happened at the Co-Op store, Neville Parade, last Saturday (8th August). Anyone who recognises her is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference...

Contract wins in the Outer Hebrides and Cornwall are helping a Newton Aycliffe construction firm grow from strength to strength. Raisco, based on Aycliffe Business Park, hit their target of a £7.5m turnover at the end of March after winning work to build new stores for European retailer Lidl earlier this year. Now the steel business is...

Woodham Academy deputy head Jonathan Lumb is set to leave the Aycliffe school this summer after being appointed head at Darlington’s Education Village. Mr Lumb Jonathan joined Woodham Academy five years ago and has previously worked as an assistant head at Framwellgate School and Head of PE at St. Leonard’s in Durham. During his time at...

Durham Police would like to make an appeal for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision in which a motorist tragically lost their life. The incident occurred on the A1(M) South bound carriageway, about one mile South of Junction J60 (Bradbury Interchange) at about 8.55pm on Saturday (8th August). It's understood that a 25-year-old male,...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Marske United 1 Newton Aycliffe FC's season got off to a fantastic start with a win over league champions Marske United. A crowd of 175 turned out on a lovely summer day to see the home team put on an impressive performance at Moore Lane. For Marske this was their first defeat on the opening day of the season since...

Newton Aycliffe cable protection specialist Tekmar Energy has marked a major milestone after its cutting-edge TekTube system was installed for the first time on an offshore project. TekTube was successfully installed on Westermeerwind near-shore wind farm in the Netherlands. Tekmar supplied cable installation contractor, VBMS, with 92 of its...

A round-up of the weekend's cricket action... Saturday 8th August - NYSD Division 2 Redcar 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI - weather was warm and sunny. Aycliffe won the toss and asked Redcar to bat first Redcar 2nd XI 96 all out after 26.1 overs John Cavanagh 4 for 11, Colin Myers 2 for 17 and Patrick Howe 2 for 25 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI...