Budding scientists and engineers are being invited to a special summer holiday event in Newton Aycliffe. Aycliffe Youth Council, Great Aycliffe Town Council and a range of organisations have joined forces to organise a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) day in the town during the school holidays. Well known scientist John...

Students at Woodham Academy are working hard to practise their French ahead of their upcoming trip to the Côte Opale in northern France next month. This is an annual event in Woodham Academy’s calendar and, for many, one of the highlights of Year 8. Staying next to a glorious sandy beach just an hour south of Calais, students will have...

Newtonian Nigel Ould has qualified for the Amateur World Cycling Championships taking place in September. Nigel qualified after taking part in the Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo, a 128km road race, where he finished 15th in his age group (55-59 year olds). Nigel, a member of the Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership (GAMP) Forum, was...

Newton Aycliffe Juniors had five teams competing in their summer tournament at Sunnydale in Shildon. Each team played in groups of six with the top two progressing to the final. A damp morning did nothing to affect spirits and the whole day was played an enjoyable atmosphere. The Under 7’s played five league games, winning four and losing...

The North East's first University Technical College which will open in Newton Aycliffe next year says it plans to directly target girls to tackle a national shortage of women in engineering. The £10m South Durham UTC, which will be built next to Hitachi Rail Europe's train-building site on Aycliffe Business Park, is due to open in September...

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...