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...

A charity fundraiser moved closer to achieving his target after a successful charity reunion football match. Newtonian Paul McGeary pledged to raise £10,000 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research after he was struck down with Leukaemia in November last year. Now he's only £400 away from hitting his target after Saturday's fun game raised a...

Newton Aycliffe's Greggs shop is celebrating after being crowned the ‘Best in the UK’ by the high street retailer at its annual awards. The Beveridge Way outlet received the accolade based on their excellent all round performance during the past 12 months, which includes demonstrating outstanding customer service, excellent shop standards,...

Hitachi Rail Europe has announced two new senior appointments. With the company’s Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Facility in Newton Aycliffe becoming fully operational later this year, Hitachi Rail Europe’s focus is shifting towards delivering trains to existing UK customers and driving new European sales. Karen Boswell has been announced as...

The family of a popular and well-known Pastor issued a statement following her passing away last week. Tributes and messages have been pouring in from friends and family around the area and the world after the passing of Xcel Church Pastor Pamela Greenow, who died peacefully on Wednesday 29th April. Pamela was born in Cockfield, near Bishop...

Police are hunting a "spotty ginger" thief after a bike was stolen from an area of Newton Aycliffe on Wednesday. A statement said the suspect, a young male, allegedly took the white Carrera mountain bike, similar to the one pictured below, from an address at Kirkstone Place at around 4pm yesterday (Wednesday 6th May). "The male was described...

Aycliffe Today offers its support to the Labour Parliamentary candidate Phil Wilson today, and here's why... The focus of the General Election naturally hones in on the bigger picture - the leaders of the main parties - and while the national battle promises to be an intriguing one today, we prefer to concentrate on the local campaign, and who...

Below is a list of the polling stations in Newton Aycliffe. Remember, you don't need your polling card to be able to vote, but you do need to attend your nearest station and supply your address. Aycliffe Evangelical Church (Formerly Greenfield Meeting Hall), Ladybower, DL5 7EU Scout H.Q., Bluebell Way, Newton Aycliffe, Co...

The site of the former Aycliffe police station will be transformed into a new care home, as exclusively revealed on Aycliffe Today. We reported six weeks ago that a new home was expected to be built on the site of the station, which was reduced to rubble in March after it was sold by Durham Constabulary. Today, the Durham force confirmed it...