Newton Aycliffe WMC are one step away from completing their 'Revolution' with an historic cup final tomorrow night. The Big Club side, jointly managed by Blackburn Rovers star Jason Steele and Dave Owen, take on Stockton Hardwick Social in the Sunday County Cup final at the Eppleton Colliery Welfare ground in Hetton on Thursday evening...

Police want to speak to a "dirty blonde haired" woman who was spotted behaving suspiciously in Newton Aycliffe. Officers were alerted to a female allegedly trying door handles in the Isherwood Court area of the town on Tuesday afternoon (21st April). The woman is described by police as being of white appearance, stocky build, around 5'4"...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club's first team opened the season with an excellent home win against newly-promoted Whitby at the weekend. Debutant John Cavanagh (pictured) earned the man-of-the-match award with a brilliant unbeaten innings of 77, including 14 boundaries and a huge six. He reached his half century off just 29 balls and his 77...

A host of legendary Aycliffe footballers and other well-known stars will line up for a charity fundraising game next week. Former stars such as Dan Mellanby, John Shotton, Stuart Owen, Ray Stanger and Warren Byrne have agreed to take part in the game to raise funds for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. But organiser Paul McGeary (above...

By Martin Walker The Conservative candidate for the Sedgefield seat in the General Election has criticised Labour man Phil Wilson over claims he "led the campaign to bring Hitachi to Newton Aycliffe". Former Army tank commander Scott Wood, from Darlington, is running against Mr Wilson to be our MP on 7th May. He says the Labour...

Police are appealing for information after an assault in the Horndale area of the town. The incident happened at around 5.30pm on Sunday (19th April), when a man suffered serious head injuries after the alleged assault outside Horndale Post Office. Police say a number of people were in the area at the time. Anyone with information is...

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An outstanding business performance by Newton Aycliffe-based Driver Hire was recognised at the company’s recently held annual Winter Conference. And the firm is expecting another record year this year, with turnover expecting to top £500,000. Driver Hire Darlington also won the firm’s prestigious Bronze Achievement Award for outstanding...

Hundreds of primary school children took part in the INEOS GO Run For Fun event in the town earlier today (Friday 17th April). Olympic long jumper Chris Tomlinson attended the event at Oakleaf Sports Complex, cheered on by crowds of supporters and campaign mascot Dart, as well as Aycliffe Mayor Wendy Hillary. Around 400 children from 11...

By Martin Walker Former Gestamp Tallent boss David Land is heading up a new engineering University Technical College (UTC) for the region, with building of the Aycliffe-based facility due to start in August. Mr Land, who recently left Newton Aycliffe car parts maker Gestamp which is sponsoring the UTC, is working with the University of...