Construction and development specialist Southdale has added two new people to its North-East team as they take their first steps on the career ladder. Sarah Dannatt and Lewis Minter have become the latest young people to join the team, which has recently moved into new office space on the Aycliffe Business Park. Sarah, 20, from...

Shildon The Crossings 2, Aycliffe Sports Club 6 By Paul Eales Another away game and another victory for Newton Aycliffe Sports Club which now sees them starting to close the gap on the teams at the top and pulling away from the teams in the bottom half of the league. The first game of the season saw the Sports Club surrender a 5-1...

Zoe Skerrett continues her weekly review of the popular TV talent show... Down to the final five, this is where the competition gets tough. The weekend we saw the X Factor kick off with their jukebox week; each act had two songs picked for them – one by the public and one by a celebrity. Kicking off the show was Ben accompanied by...

Retail provision is the talk of Aycliffe Business Park. Is it needed? Tim Francis delivers his verdict... From coffee shops to fancy bistros... clothing retailers to DIY stores... or even just somewhere to grab a sandwich... retail provision on Aycliffe Business Park is decidedly lacking. There's said to be 9,000 people working here, and...

By Martin Walker Tony Blair returned to Newton Aycliffe this week - and we brought you an exclusive video interview with the former Prime Minister. Mr Blair dropped into Woodham Academy to officially launch a partnership between his Sports Foundation and Woodham's Sports Academy. The ex-Sedgefield MP was accompanied by Stephen Miller,...

By Martin Walker Newtonian Jason Steele says he'd love to see both Boro and Blackburn win promotion to the Premier League this season. The goalkeeper - who's on a season-long loan with Rovers from Middlesbrough - will return to his parent club tomorrow for the top-six Championship clash at the Riverside. Steele is not able to play in...

A prestigious museum in the region has been given a new brand as a £1.7m regeneration project comes to an end. The Green Howards Museum in Richmond, North Yorkshire, was given the Heritage Lottery Fund cash to give it a face-lift. And Newton Aycliffe inbound marketing and design agency, Thrive Marketing, has completed a rebrand of the...

A Newton Aycliffe samaritan has been voted Durham’s Unsung Hero for 2014. Ken Sadler, the Treasurer for Lifeline Community Action, won a public vote to gain the title as well as a luxury experience day worth £200 provided by local business, Modern Rugs. Ken was nominated by his colleagues at Lifeline Community Action in recognition of...

BA Laceys 3, Aycliffe Sports Club 4 By Paul Eales Newton Aycliffe Sports Club recorded their first back-to-back league wins with victory at Bishop Auckland Laceys last weekend. There had to be another re-shuffle of the squad due to absentees again this week and it was clear from the start that the heavy pitch was going to take its...

A consortium made up of Stagecoach and Virgin has won the franchise which will operate the Newton Aycliffe-built East Coast trains. The firms promised to invest £140m in the route over eight years, and will pay the government £3.3bn for the contract. The franchise, which covers the route between London and Edinburgh, has been publicly...