Woodham Academy students prove that raising money for charity is a piece of cake! Year 7 learners from Woodham Academy raised £383.45 for Macmillan Cancer Support by organising a giant bake-sale at their school. This amount beat all previous records and is, by any standards, a lot of dough. Not only did youngsters bake, beat, blend,...

It seems everyone has heard about or been to visit Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London but now Newton Aycliffe has its own, albeit smaller version of the hugely successful poppy installation. The ceramic poppies in London were created by ceramic artist Paul Cummings, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper. In total...

We're planning to publish a special Christmas edition of our community magazine, Aycliffe Today People. We'll also be printing and distributing 15,000 copies throughout Newton Aycliffe and surrounding areas, tripling the usual circulation of the popular magazine. The 32-page special Christmas issue will include a review of 2014,...

Businesses interested in working in the £11 billion space industry will gather for a unique space summit to be held in Newton Aycliffe next week. The inaugural Space Conference and Trade show is due to be staged at Aycliffe Business Park's Xcel Centre next Wednesday (19th November), with at least 230 delegates expected. The conference,...

By Martin Walker Durham's Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg has set up the first ever external Rape Scrutiny Panel in County Durham and Darlington. The panel is a key priority in the regional Police and Crime Commissioners’ Violence against Women and Girls Strategy. It aims to provide independent oversight of rape...

In a rare media opportunity, Gestamp Tallent's Plant Director Peter Gallone talks to Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker in the November-December issue of our business magazine. Gestamp Tallent has grown hugely in the last three years, increasing turnover, output and staff numbers, to record levels. The manufacturer of car chassis...

Newton Aycliffe's Northern League club will hope to add to a midweek cup win with a league victory at home this weekend. Peter Dixon's side hit a blip when they suffered back-to-back 3-0 defeats against Guisborough and title-chasing North Shields. But they bounced back with a 3-1 win at home to Hebburn Town in the second round of the...

Middlesbrough legend and former boss Gareth Southgate is set to return to the Riverside Stadium for an England Under-21 international. The Teesside club has announced it will host an England U-21 friendly against Germany on Monday 30th March, 2015. England U-21, managed by Southgate, are no strangers to the Riverside, having played...

By Martin Walker The TV star known as the “troubleshooter” has praised Newton Aycliffe manufacturers Ebac for bringing their freezer-making factory to fruition. As revealed on Aycliffe Today last week, former CBI Director General Lord Digby Jones returned to Aycliffe for the first time since filming BBC2’s Digby Jones: The New...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe print supplies company Inkland has landed a £2m deal with leading North-East firm Potts Print UK. Inkland was reeling after the announcement that one of its key clients, HPM and Addo, had gone into administration. But the Aycliffe firm, which employs 10 people at its site on Aycliffe Business Park,...