An 80-tonne piece of steel designed to turn train carriages around has been installed at Hitachi Rail Europe's train-making facility in Newton Aycliffe. The building and fit-out of the Japanese firm's £82m facility is expected to be completed later this year, with its first trains expected to roll off the production line early 2016. Lloyds...

Editor Martin Walker explains why Newton Aycliffe's Number One website has been given a refresh... Aycliffe Today is now better than ever after a facelift which has made the site more visual, mobile-friendly and responsive. And we think our colleagues at Redcore Web have done a fantastic job in giving the site a revamp. Navigation is much...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe construction company Finley Structures has been awarded a multi-million pound deal to help construct a £650m shopping development in Leeds. The family firm, which has recently completed steelwork on Hitachi Rail Europe's train-building site for Shepherd Construction, was handed a 2,300-tonne job to construct...

A dog owner who was among dozens seen picking up after their pets in Newton Aycliffe has scooped a cash prize. Durham County Council’s Civic Pride team visited the West Park area of the town as part of its ongoing Green Dog Walkers scheme, which is aimed at encouraging people to act as responsible dog owners. The project included a Golden...

Police are appealing for information after two bikes were stolen in the town. The two mountain bikes (pictured below) were taken from a garage burglary in Windsor Close some time between 10pm on Sunday (10th May) and 6am on Monday. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Newton Aycliffe Police on telephone number 101 or through their...

Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC round-up from the weekend... Newton Aycliffe Juniors Under 13's played their last game of the season today at home against a strong Polton All-stars who had won all of their previous 22 games and sealed the league title by a country mile. It was not about the result, we just wanted to give a good account of...

Four students at Woodham Academy have been given free tickets for their prom this summer after their outstanding contribution in school. Year 11 students have been working hard in their studies this year in an attempt to get the highest grades possible in their upcoming examinations. The students with the highest number of achievement points...

  Newton Aycliffe's cricket team earned a dramatic victory at home to Normanby Hall at the weekend. The two-and-a-half-hour delay for the ground to dry out was worth the wait as Aycliffe's first XI eventually came out on top, winning by one wicket off the last ball of the game against Normanby's second team. The visitors to Aycliffe...

  Newton Aycliffe residents are being urged to turn household waste into food for their garden by making compost. Turning organic waste into compost not only produces a nutritious food for the garden, it also reduces the amount of household waste that ends up in the bin. Rachel Gatland, waste strategy and policy officer at Durham...

Phil Wilson was this morning re-elected as Newton Aycliffe's Member of Parliament in the General Election. In what is turning out to be a shocking night for Ed Miliband, with the Labour leader set to resign, his party still strengthened its hold in the North East. Mr Wilson increased his number and share of the Sedgefield votes on the 2010...