By Ryan Burton Plans for a new solar farm in Newton Aycliffe are nearing completion. Lightsource Renewable Energy held a meeting with town residents and councillors during the Christmas period. Plans for the new solar farm was met with positive reactions. People were particularly impressed with how easily the site could be screened...

Woodham Academy student Ben Stephenson has been selected for a GB squad after he became a national champion representing Sedgefield Water Polo Club Under 15's at Manchester Aquatic Centre in October. After playing in the Under 14's Inter Regions competition for the North East in December, Ben was awarded The Most Valuable Player Award,...

In response to growing demand from the business community, GEM Partnership has recently bolstered their Commercial Team with the addition of Jamie Hayhurst, who has taken up his post at the company’s Newton Aycliffe office based at the Evans Business Incubation Centre on Aycliffe Business Park. At the heart of GEM’s philosophy is an...

By Ryan Burton Newton Aycliffe FC boss Peter Dixon is raring to get back to winning ways and put the disappointment of last week’s result behind them. Aycliffe suffered only their second defeat in six games as they went down 4-0 to title-chasers Marske United. They face Sunderland RCA at Moore Lane Park on Saturday, with their...

A campaign to stop flytipping has sparked a positive response from County Durham public after it emerged more than 460 incidents were investigated in December. As part of Durham County Council’s Operation Stop It, officers responded to 462 reports of waste being dumped illegally throughout the month and 18 CCTV cameras were set up at...

Sedgefield's all-conquering national water polo champions have put their names to the chairman of Durham County Council's charity appeal. Members of Sedgefield Water Polo Club's under-15 team, who won the British Gas Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) National Water Polo Championships at the end of last year presented the Chairman, Cllr...

Woodham Gymnastics Academy made an excellent start to their competition season earlier this month. The regional Milano competition, held at the University of Cumbria, was the first competition that the Gymnastics Academy has taken part in this academic year. Woodham had three girls’ teams in the under 16 category, where gymnasts were...

By Ryan Burton Newton Aycliffe FC boss Peter Dixon was left to rue missed chances and costly defending after his side’s defeat to Marske United on Saturday. Aycliffe went down 4-0 to the Teesside outfit, having knocked them out of the League Cup earlier on in the week. The game was always likely to be a tough one, with Dixon having...

EXCLUSIVE: By Martin Walker Gestamp Tallent has completed a major redevelopment of the former Sanyo site on Aycliffe Business Park - transforming the derelict building into a state-of-the-art training facility. Newton Aycliffe's biggest firm has invested heavily in completely rejuvenating the area and expanding its site across St...

Former Great Britain boxing champion Amanda Coulson visited Greenfield Community College to work with Mr Butterworth’s Year 8 boys PE group last week. The retired boxer’s loyalty visit coincided with an initiative, Sky Sports Living for Sport, that Greenfield Community College have signed up to for the fifth year in a row that uses...