Cricket scores from the weekend's fixtures... Saturday 20th June - NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Maltby 1st XI - weather was overcast and cool. Maltby won the toss and chose to bat first. Maltby 1st XI 189 for 9 after 50 overs John Cavanagh 3 for 30, Matty Atkinson 3 for 35 and Colin Myers 2 for 24 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 90 all...

Newton Aycliffe FC's new star striker Matty Moffatt says he wants to bring success and big crowds back to Moore Lane Park. After avoiding relegation for a third successive season, Aycliffe chairman Allan Oliver persuaded manager Peter Dixon to remain in charge for the 2015-16 campaign. Dixon set his summer stall out in May with the capture...

The latest phase of Newton Aycliffe town centre's redevelopment is due to be completed in August. The Churchill House works is the third part of Aycliffe town centre's award-winning, multi-million pound redevelopment which will open up the other end of the centre. See our gallery of pictures below The 14-week programme, which will include...

The annual Apprenticeship Awareness Challenge at Woodham Academy is set to launch in September this year. Year 9 students at the school work over the course of nine weeks with one of six local companies to research apprenticeships opportunities in the company and explore career progression routes. The programme was recognised earlier this...

A deal to save the street lights along the stretch of A167 in Newton Aycliffe is "possible", and could be agreed in the next few weeks. Durham County Council plans to remove street lights on stretches of the A167 from the A1 at Aycliffe to the Cock 'o' the North roundabout, near Durham City, in late summer or early autumn. The move is aimed...

A former Newton Aycliffe archdeacon has denied a string of historic sex offences dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. George Granville Gibson, often known as Granville, appeared before Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday facing eight allegations of historic sex abuse in Newton Aycliffe and Consett. The 79-year-old former...

Around 300 people will take part in a Fun Run at Greenfield Community College this Sunday (21st June) and become part of the biggest children’s running campaign in the world. INEOS GO Run For Fun, a global campaign aimed at encouraging young people to live a more active life, is lending its support to a 3k fun run in Newton Aycliffe. Held...

Newton Aycliffe manufacturer Ebac has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Dianne Sharp. Ms Sharp has taken on the position of chief executive at Ebac, which manufactures domestic products including water coolers, dehumidifiers, chest freezers and ground source heat pumps. She brings a wealth of business experience to the...

Woodham Academy's science department has been involved in a number of new initiatives to excite students about the subject. After the successful trial project carried out last year, several groups of pupils from Heighington and Bishopton Primary schools have been coming to Woodham Academy to carry out some of their Science lessons. Every...

Dozens of retailers including high street shops are being asked to look at Newton Aycliffe as part of the town's ongoing Neighbourhood Plan. Commercial property agents Sanderson Weatherall, which has an office in Stockton, has been tasked with surveying retailers and leisure firms up and down the country after Great Aycliffe Town Council won...