An eye in the sky is capturing a unique view of the rapid development of the new Middlesbrough Sports Village, which has been constructed using Aycliffe steel. Dramatic aerial shots give a bird’s eye view of the new 400m track and Sports Hub - built by Aycliffe firm Finley Structures - which are the focal points of the £18m complex off...

Woodham Academy hosted its successful annual Christmas Fair earlier this month. "It was a wonderfully festive event which left visitors spoilt for choice," said the school. "A whole range of activities were on offer from face painting to writing letters to Santa. "There were families enjoying Christmas paper crafts, making tree...

Higher Level Teaching Assistant required for January 2015 Grade 6 Point 21-25 (subject to HLTA qualification) The Governors of Woodham Academy seek to appoint a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to manage the day-to-day running of the school’s Behaviour for Learning Centre which supports the learning of students eligible for Pupil Premium...

It's one of Newton Aycliffe's oldest and best traditions - Santa Claus' annual route around the town before his busy night delivering presents around the world! Aycliffe Today brings you Santa's Christmas Eve route in full... ROUTE ONE 3.45pm-4.10pm: Welbury, St Oswalds, Central 4.10pm-5.00pm: Washington area, Wycliffe, Armstrong,...

The Government has reached a deal with the four mobile networks to improve coverage across the UK, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said. A binding agreement has been reached with EE, O2, Three and Vodafone to tackle poor signal issues in so-called partial not-spots, a spokesman said. These are areas that have coverage from...

Police officers stormed six Aycliffe pubs as part of a crackdown on suspected drugs use. The operation, carried out earlier this month, involved officers from the town's Neighbourhood Police Team going into the pubs with a drugs dog and the force's Alcohol Harm Reduction Unit (AHRU) to search customers. The pubs involved were DL5, the...

Residents are reminded that bins will be emptied as normal up to and including Wednesday 24th December with collection days then changing during Christmas and New Year. The following collection dates are in place: Normal collection days  Revised collection days: Revised collection days   Christmas New...

For young people dealing with their sexuality, life can be a lonely place, but there is help out there with an Newton Aycliffe-based LGBT group, as Zoe Skerrett founds out... “Some people are LGBT Get support” is the motto for Newton Aycliffe’s LGBT support group, which is based at DISC (Developing Initiatives Supporting Commmunities)...

  Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards returns with a festive blog... Ho, ho, ho – well, I had to start this festive blog on a cheesy note! That said, now it’s down to business. What’s been going on in Aycliffe in the run up to Christmas? On Saturday 6th December there was a robbery at McColls Store on...

Aycliffe Sports Clu 6, Willington Cottles 1 Wear Valley Sunday Morning League 14th December 2014 By Paul Eales The first home game in six weeks saw Newton Aycliffe Sports Club FC host one of the front runners, Willington Cottles, in a return to league action. With Craig Barrigan still out through injury and Sam McKerr unavailable...