Brian Riley and the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) team are currently looking for two new board members from the public representative sector. This is an exciting opportunity for residents from Great Aycliffe and Middridge area who have a keen interest in the local community to join a dynamic and proactive Board, who have...

Buyer beware! That’s the stark warning being issued by the RSPCA, Durham Constabulary and Durham County Council as the agencies join forces to tackle the heartbreak caused by unlicensed and unscrupulous puppy traders. Sick and dying puppies, poor housing conditions and paperwork which is either non-existent or fake are amongst a raft of...

Children in the North East waiting to be adopted are to be found stable, loving homes more quickly, thanks to brand new online maps published today which will help would-be-adopters find the child to complete their forever family. So far in 2014-15, 270 children in the North East have been placed in the permanent home they desperately needed,...

Newton Aycliffe-based manufacturer Ebac has secured funding of £10.5m, including £5.5m of new facilities, from RBS Invoice Finance, RBS and Lombard. Ebac manufacture bottled water coolers and dehumidifiers and earlier this year announced plans to become the first UK-based appliance maker in 10 years to manufacture washing machines in the...

A Newton Aycliffe family say they're relieved to be home after their two-week Tunisian holiday was cut short following last Friday's terrorist attacks. Shaun and Loraine Saunders, and their 10-year-old daughter Kai, were staying at the Marhaba Salem hotel in Sousse, less than a mile away from the Marhaba Imperial, when 38 tourists were shot...

Residents are being warned to be on their guard against rogue traders after a string of reports of doorstep crime. Up to 10 incidents have been reported to Durham County Council’s consumer protection team and police in the last few weeks. Most have featured householders being offered bogus property improvement services, such as roofing and...

A round-up from the weekend's cricket action... Saturday 27th June - NYSD Division 2 Barnard Castle 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI - weather was hot and sunny. Barnard Castle won the toss and asked Aycliffe to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 152 all out after 35 overs Tom Young 65, John Cavanagh 34, Michael Howe 16 and Dan Bowmer...

After the fantastic success of their summer tournament, Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC celebrated the whole 2014-15 season at their presentation day hosted as ever by Sunnydale Leisure Centre. Chairman Nige Slatcher opened the day with some special individual awards. Jennifer Howe was given a special recognition award for her tireless work with...

One of Newton Aycliffe's former World War II munitions factories will spring back to life this summer when it re-opens as a £1.1m mixed leisure facility. The former Presswork Metals factory on Aycliffe Business Park, which was built in the early 1940s to build bombs and bullets for the war effort, has stood empty for more than six...

Here are some pictures taken this week showing the progress of Aycliffe's new leisure facility, ROF 59, which is due to open in July... ...