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... ...

Police have arrested two people after recovering a number of items believed to have been stolen. A cream coloured Radley purse, a black purse with distinctive buckle and a black HTC mobile phone were recovered in Shildon. Police believe the items may have been stolen in Newton Aycliffe or Shildon, and want to identify the owners. Anyone...

Woodham student Lillie Bell has received the Durham schools' Physicist of the Year Award at an awards ceremony at Durham University. The awards ceremony recognises the talent of the most promising young physicists in year 10 or year 12 in schools in the Durham area, and was presented by Professor Carlos Frenk of the Institute for Computational...

Brave Newtonian Claire Welsh and a number of her friends and family smashed their target of raising £1,000 for charity by abseiling down the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. Claire, who's from Aycliffe and works for Aycliffe Business Park training firm Optimum Skills, abseiled 165ft down the iconic Teesside structure with 11 others to...

School pupils who spread the road safety message among their classmates have been praised for their dedication. Durham County Council’s Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) scheme sees primary school children in Years 5 and 6 recruited to help keep their fellow pupils safe on the roads. The role involves maintaining a noticeboard, running...

Four swanky new town centre flats will soon be on the market. Aycliffe town centre owners, Freshwater, have nearly completed renovation of the units above the former HSBC bank along Dalton Way. As a result of the works, four flats will soon be coming into use for rent, available on the market through Northgate Estate Agents in the...