A recent successful project funded by Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) and delivered by the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) has helped residents of Newton Aycliffe with long-term health conditions get back into work, volunteering or training. The Work for Health programme aimed to support 35 local unemployed residents by...

Police are appealing for information after a bicycle was stolen in the town. The mountain bike, similar to the one pictured above, was taken from outside the McColl's shop at Washington Crescent at around 3.45pm yesterday (Wednesday). Anyone with information is asked to call PC 1943 Nelson on 101. ...

The Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club scoreboard from last weekend’s double weekend of fixtures… Saturday 6th June - NYSD Division 2Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Seaton Carew 2nd XI - weather was windy and cool. Seaton Carew won the toss and chose to bat first.   Seaton Carew 2nd XI 115 all out after 35.3 overs Luke Telford 4 for 8,...

Year nine students at Woodham Academy have started to create their own retro platform game in the style of Mario Bros.  When finished, the game will run on the internet via a web browser. Students are combining skills they have been learning from Year 7 which range from drawing their own characters to creating and modifying the code...

Fourteen local groups ranging from sports clubs to older peoples groups in the Newton Aycliffe area have been boosted by a community grant fund. The Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) Community Grant Fund has proved to be a major boost for a number of local groups and in some cases has provided essential funding to help them...

A Newton Aycliffe man has been identified by police as the victim of Sunday's fatal road accident near the town. A police statement released today (Tuesday) has named him as Philip Martin Joss, aged 55, from Aycliffe. The accident happened at 1.50pm on Sunday (7th June), on Middridge Road near Rushyford, as the Triumph 675cc motorbike was...

Greenfield Community College’s Year 8 boys football team reached the final of their cup, but lost to Whitworth after an impressive run. They played St John's in the quarter-final, winning 5-1 in challenging weather conditions. The semi-final against Durham Johnston was a great advert for youth football. It was a hard game played by two...

Newton Aycliffe's Neighbourhood Police Team's boss is set to host the first online PACT meeting this evening. Acting Inspector Mark Edwards will hold the one-hour web chat on the police team's Facebook page on Tuesday night (6.30-7.30pm). The forum will be an online version of the police's regular PACT (Police And Communities Together)...

By Martin Walker A company boss who trained as an Apprentice in Newton Aycliffe has been appointed president of the North East Chamber of Commerce. The NECC this morning proposed Nifco boss Mike Matthews MBE as its new leader, as Newcastle International Airport chief executive Dave Laws hands over the chains of office to become the...

Local sports clubs across North East England are in with a chance of receiving a cash boost as Miller Homes launches its popular Summer of Sport campaign for the fourth consecutive year. Following on from the success of the initiative during the past three years, the leading housebuilder will once again be inviting local sports clubs to take...