Rubbish and recycling collections in County Durham will take place as normal during the August bank holiday weekend. Residents should put their bins out by 7am on their usual collection day. People can check their collection day by entering their house number and post code into the My Durham section on www.durham.gov.uk Residents are...

Final preparations are complete, the dancers are ready, the circus team are preparing their silks, and families across Newton Aycliffe have helped create some fantastic props – all ready for “Quercus Live!” The Greenfield Arts team will take over a marquee and the Arena at this year’s Great Aycliffe Show, to celebrate the last year...

The final Great Aycliffe Show is set to be held this weekend, on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August during the Bank Holiday weekend. There is a wide variety of professional and amateur entertainment in the main arena, including the spectacular motorcycle stunts of Jason Smyth’s Adrenaline Tour, plus  Big and Little and a marching pipe...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham, Ron Hogg, and Durham Constabulary Chief Constable, Mike Barton, have taken ownership of the keys to the new police headquarters, handed over to them by the construction firm who completed the project, Kier Construction. The new building, which has been developed on land adjacent to the existing...

By Martin Walker A £17m student accommodation project has been completed thanks to steel provided by Newton Aycliffe firm Finley Structures. Union Square Newcastle, located in Upper Ouseburn on the doorstep of Northumbria University, has now been completed by Brimms Construction, for North-East development company Adderstone...

By Zoe Skerrett Newton Aycliffe FC are in safe hands thanks to a new shirt sponsorship deal with a taxi firm. SafeLine Taxis have been revealed as the new sponsors of the Northern League club's blue home strips for the 2014-15 season. Tony Bennett, SafeLine senior partner, said: "We are absolutely delighted, I’m a big admirer of...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's cricket team maintained their promotion push with a four-wicket victory at home to Marske on Saturday. In cool and overcast conditions at Aycliffe Sports Club, the home side won the toss and asked Marske's second XI to bat first. Matty Atkinson (pictured) picked up the man-of-the-match award after a...

By Zoe Skerrett Newton Aycliffe’s Samantha McGarrigle is in the top 40 of singers nationwide fighting for the chance to perform live on Channel 4's Friday night show The Singer Takes It All. The Singer Takes It All is a new singing game show, hosted by Alan Carr, where the audience has the power to choose who goes and who stays by...

By Dan Lewis Aycliffe’s dreams of a decent run in the FA Cup were dashed at the Extra Preliminary Round stage on Saturday, as they went down to a 2-1 home defeat against Garforth Town. Manager Adrian Webster largely kept faith with the team that won comfortably at Crook Town on Wednesday night. The only changes seeing the...

Great Aycliffe Town Council’s series of Fun in the Park shows continue next week. GATC has been providing the free events, organised by OakLeaf Sports Complex, around the town for youngsters aged between three and eight during the summer holidays. The next Fun in the Park event is next Tuesday (19th August) at West Park, 11am until...