By Martin Walker MP Phil Wilson says Merchant Park Developments' ambition to bring 4,500 new jobs to Newton Aycliffe is "fantastic". MPD director Geoff Hunton told us his plans for Merchant Park 2 and 3 should bring thousands of additional jobs to Aycliffe Business Park. The Labour MP for Sedgefield, Mr Wilson, campaigned tirelessly...

By Martin Walker It has been confirmed that Newton Aycliffe printers HPM and Addo has gone into administration. But bosses claim a rescue deal to secure 30 posts was struck on Friday, with only 12 jobs being lost out of 42. However, mystery still surrounds the deal involving HPM Group's former managing director Richard Mortimer...

The following information has been released by Great Aycliffe Town Council regarding Remembrance Day on Sunday 9th November: Remembrance Day, Newton Aycliffe The Remembrance Day Parade will assemble in the Barnard Armoury Yard at approximately 10.40am and proceed via Greenwell Road, Macmillan Road and Stephenson Way to St. Clare’s...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe won their third game in a row with a 1-0 win at home to Jarrow Roofing at the weekend. And they hope to make it four when they take on Guisborough Town at the Aux Audio Stadium tomorrow night (Tuesday 4th November, 7.45pm). Stuart Banks' controversial 32nd-minute penalty was enough for Aycliffe to bag...

Aycliffe Today columnist Zoe Skerrett continues her weekly review of the TV talent contest... This weeks X Factor was fright night themed for Halloween and it certainly did come with a trick as it was announced that after all the acts had performed, one of them would be going home that night. Simon is the only one with all four of his...

Police are appealing for information after two cars were damaged in Newton Aycliffe. Some time overnight between Wednesday (29th October) andThursday morning, two vehicles were damaged in Lingard Walk and Pudsey Walk, near the Clarence Chare area. Anyone with any information is asked to call the police on 101, or message Aycliffe police...

We had a record number of visitors to our website in the month of October, with more than 55,000 visits. From 1st to 31st October inclusive, Aycliffe Today had more than 30,000 unique visitors and 76,000 page views. It meant we had a weekly presence of 12,500 visits (17,000 page views) and an average of 2,400 daily page views and 1,000...

By Martin Walker Mystery surrounds a Newton Aycliffe printing company as 11 members of staff were suddenly laid off on Friday. Workers at HPM and Addo - the new company which formed earlier this year following a merger between 125-year-old printers HPM Group and Darlington-based Addo Printing - have been told that as from Monday (3rd...

Newton Aycliffe completed back-to-back wins this week as their revival under Peter Dixon was given a shot in the arm. Aycliffe grabbed another three points at West Allotment Celtic with a hard-fought 2-1 victory on Wednesday night. That came off the back of a thumping 4-1 win at Morpeth Town last Saturday - Dixon's first victory since...

Year 11 Geographers at Woodham Academy spent a day in Durham City gathering primary data for their Controlled Assessment task. Their hypothesis ‘Durham is a clone town’ is related to a New Economics Foundation report that suggested all UK high streets have become monochrome strips of bland anytown shops. As Durham City is a World...