Football fans and the general public in Newton Aycliffe are being invited to help the town’s football club’s efforts to make a big step up this summer. Newton Aycliffe FC won a historic Northern League title at the end of the 2022-23 season – and with it the option to take on promotion to the Northern Premier League, a first for the...

A scheme has been recognised for its efforts to create social value opportunities across County Durham with a prestigious national award. The County Durham Pound scheme has been awarded Best Public Sector Project award at the 2023 Social Value Conference. County Durham Pound is a project involving 12 key organisations - Durham County...

By Steven Dawson It has been another busy week for Aycliffe Running Club with members taking part in races across the region. This started with the third in the Muddy Roads series of races and the Lord Stones 5k. There were four members taking part including Matt Muir (20:16), Tracey Surtees (21:18) who continued her excellent form...

Staff and elected members at Durham County Council will celebrate civilian and uniformed personnel on a national day to honour the armed forces community. The local authority is flying the official armed forces flag at County Hall to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 24 and Reserves Day on Wednesday, June 21. The Armed Forces Day flag...

Lee Weldon's weekly round-up from the wicket... Saturday 17th June – NYSD Division 2 Barnard Castle 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was warm and cloudy. Barnard Castle won the toss and chose to bat first. Barnard Castle 2nd XI 323 for 7 after 50 overs Terence Smit 2 for 40, Luke Telford 2 for 79 and Matty Greaves 1 for...

Four County Durham residents including a prolific fundraiser from Newton Aycliffe have been recognised for outstanding service to their communities. Newtonian Brian Nichol received Durham County Council’s Chairman’s Medal – the highest honour that the council award to individuals and organisations for outstanding voluntary contributions...

As part of Woodham Academy’s Leadership Academy, students from year 10 have recently completed the expedition section of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. This involved working collectively as a team to navigate their way round the Barnard Castle countryside whilst being completely self-sufficient for the weekend. To prepare for the...

By Steven Dawson It has been another busy week for Aycliffe Running Club with members taking part in some iconic races this week. This started with two members taking part in the monthly mile at South Shields on Wednesday, June 7. Melanie Rowland (8:20) and Ian Stothard (9:45) both setting new personal bests for the event. Friday,...

Residents will be able to have their say on a new housing strategy for County Durham. Durham County Council’s cabinet will hear the initial Principle and Priorities for the council’s new Housing Strategy for 2024 this week, which will update and replace the strategy agreed in 2019. The Principle and Priorities paper outlines draft...

Newton Aycliffe-based Excelpoint has revealed it is sponsoring the highly anticipated TechNExt No-Code Arcade, which is expected to bring 3,000 delegates to the region. The event will take place on June 21 and 22 at Northumbria University in Newcastle. In addition to the event sponsorship, Excelpoint CEO Ian Brown will share his expertise...