Aycliffe Today's Zoe Skerrett continues her weekly X Factor blog... With an extra episode this weekend, the X Factor is down to its final 24. The judges were given their categories: Cheryl with the girls, Mel B with the boys, Simon with the over 25s and Louis with the groups. With more drama and controversy this weekend than the whole...

With Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards... Hello all... There’s quite a bit of work ongoing at the moment to increase our reach amongst the areas we police here in Aycliffe. With the support of Town Centre Manager Bryan Haldane, PC Rogers and PCSO Laycock have been trying to secure a premises that the...

By Zoe Skerrett Newton Aycliffe’s smartest taxi company, Safeline, launched Safeline Executive two years ago to cater for all your business needs. In 2012, Safeline Taxis saw a gap in the market and extended their business to supply a premium service for the occasions when a little bit extra is required. A lot of businesses aren’t...

We've had just under 40,000 page views in the last month, and here are the top 10 most read stories in that time. 1 (1,925 views) AYCLIFFE FIRM HELPS COWBOY BUILDERS! 2 (1,574 views) NORTHALLERTON TRAP THE ‘RAT’ 3 (1,471 views) AYCLIFFE THIEF ON TRIAL AFTER PREGNANT CLAIM 4 (1,339 views) SUSPECT STEALS XBOX GAMES FROM...

A drugs gang including three people from Newton Aycliffe have been jailed for a total of 22 years. Police officers arrested 18 people as part of Operation Orient - a series of dawn raids in Aycliffe, Bishop and Shildon - in December last year. Aycliffe Today reported exclusively from the scene with video footage and pictures of the...

Match Preview – Saturday 27th September 2014 NEWTON AYCLIFFE vs WHITLEY BAY The AuxAudio.co.uk Stadium. Kick off 3pm. By Paul McGeary Newton Aycliffe return to Moore Lane looking to secure only their second home victory of the campaign against a Whitley Bay side that are fast becoming the league’s ‘entertainers’. Bay –...

Great Aycliffe Town Council has confirmed the annual Fireworks Display will return this year. The authority had scrapped the event last year due to safety concerns, but has confirmed it will return for Aycliffe residents only on Wednesday 5th November this year. The fun will consist of a funfair for young children which will open at 5.30...

This week The Greenfield Gallery got a surge of visitors to its latest exhibition! The show by the Community Art Project was visited by two groups from Mandale Mill Primary School in Thornaby, as part of their topic “Muck, Mess & Mixtures.” The groups of Year 2 students visited Greenfield Arts for a day of art, gallery and new...

Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership (GAMP) are holding a community forum event to celebrate what’s ‘GREAT’ in Newton Aycliffe and Middridge. The Event is taking place on Saturday 8th November, from 10am until 2pm, at Newton Aycliffe Youth & Community Centre, and a range of local community groups and service providers will...

By Martin Walker Employees on Aycliffe Business Park are taking to the roads as part of an innovative project to encourage sustainable transport. Steve Shepperson is heading up the Local Motion project for Newton Aycliffe, with the primary aim of making it easier to walk, cycle and take public transport in the South of the...