Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson has launched an EU in-out debate with local businesses after being appointed co-chair of the Labour Party's pro-Europe campaign group. Mr Wilson is jointly heading up the party's Labour Yes group, which consists of nearly 70 Labour MPs, along with North West Durham MP Pat Glass. And the Labour MP for Sedgefield...

Two buildings built by Newton Aycliffe steel firm Raisco have been recognised with industry awards. AV Dawson's state-of-the-art steel store, which opened in February, has been awarded Best Large Commercial Building in the Northern heats of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards. Meanwhile, Billingham’s new...

Woodham Academy has been working with Gestamp Tallent for the fifth consecutive year to support recruitment of more apprentices to its international engineering and manufacturing company. Students have had the opportunity to work with a real life employer in a ‘Lord Sugar-style’ challenge. Over a five-week period students competed in a...

Woodham Dance Academy went to Birmingham to compete in the national final of the Great Big Dance Off. See more pictures below Both the Key Stage 3 and 4 groups qualified in the regional finals held in Newcastle in April, after impressing judges with their creativity and professionalism when performing. The dancers had a rehearsal at...

Football funny man Dean Windass is heading to Newton Aycliffe for a fundraising event next month. The former Middlesbrough and Darlington forward is due to appear at Newton Aycliffe WMC for a Sportsman's Evening on Saturday 8th August (7.30pm). Windass is famous for a £60m play-off final-winning goal he scored for Hull against Bristol City...

Planning has been approved for the region's first University Technical College (UTC) to be built in Newton Aycliffe. The £10m UTC South Durham, which will be built next to Hitachi Rail Europe's new train-building factory on Aycliffe Business Park, will open in September 2016. Durham County councillors this week voted unanimously in favour...

Woodham Academy sports stars were honoured with a string of awards during a special presentation at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield. The night is a celebration of students’ achievement and rewards their hard work and dedication. Paralympic athlete, Stephen Miller, was the keynote speaker. He inspired every person in the room with his...

A teenage boy appeared in court this morning after a 15-year-old was stabbed in Newton Aycliffe. As reported by Aycliffe Today on Tuesday, police responded to a report from the ambulance service at about 8.45pm on Monday after a boy had been stabbed in the Woodham Burn area. A 15-year-old local boy was taken by ambulance to the James Cook...

The next issue of Newton Aycliffe's only award-winning publication, Aycliffe Today Business, is out this week. It can be read online now by clicking here. The 17th edition includes an exclusive interview with former RAF chef Chris Coleman - the man who's grilled burgers for Bill Clinton before taking up his new role with ROF 59 on Aycliffe...

A former Fujitsu Apprentice has fulfilled a lifetime ambition of starting his own business. Newtonian Chris Lambert - who has previously worked for 3M and Gestamp Tallent as well as the Japanese firm - has launched Chris Lambert Engineering, an independent Trumpf laser service provider. A time-served multi-skilled service engineer, Chris...