By Martin Walker Small firms on Aycliffe Business Park are being offered the chance to access a free leadership development programme which has a proven track record of helping businesses to grow. Teesside University Business School’s Leading Growth programme was developed after leveraging funding from the European Regional Development...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe company is helping a well-known football fan's bid to create a film about his life using crowdfunding. Darlington supporter Paul Hodgson was diagnosed with meningitis in childhood but his illness and a tough upbringing have never stopped him getting behind his team. Now, he is using crowdfunding...

By Martin Walker Woodham Golf Club is set to re-open next week after an extensive two-month refurbishment programme. The course will open on Friday 1st August after it was initially closed down last November when its previous owners, Washington Developments, went into administration. The new owners, local businessmen Neville and...

Newton Aycliffe Youth FC gave great support to Fun in the Park on Tuesday, when over 20 young players from the club took part in a friendly football tournament. The players were from our development section through to our under 9's and were split up into four evenly-matched teams. NAYFC Secretary Berni Borsberry said: "On a glorious...

By Martin Walker State-of-the-art camera kit is being used to track the construction of Hitachi Rail Europe’s train-building factory in Newton Aycliffe. Newcastle film-makers Three Motion have used a six-rotor drone - known as a ‘Hexacopter’ - to produce an impressive three-minute movie, with the camera hovering high above...

By Martin Walker A Teesside firm which has created a Newton Aycliffe base is investing £3m in a new rail terminal as global rail freight specialist Freightliner is set to move to Teesport. The construction of a new, open access rail terminal by PD Ports will start this month, and once complete will welcome the new intermodal connections...

Newton Aycliffe FC boss Dan Mellanby has added a new member to his backroom team with the appointment of physio Claire Boyd. The Aycliffe boss moved quickly to fill the void left by the departure of Kevan Spanton at the end of last season. Newtonian Claire, who has an Msc in Sports Therapy from Teesside University, joins the club having...

Newton Aycliffe police officers seized cannabis plants during a raid on a house in the town. A magistrates search warrant was executed on Friday at the address on Christopher Walk, near Priestman and Lightfoot Road, where a quantity of prepared cannabis as well as the cannabis plants were recovered. Police say the homeowner had also...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe claimed 17 crucial points from a draw after being thwarted at the death by Saltburn. Aycliffe’s first team declared on a healthy 202 for seven, with Dave Atkinson scoring 59, Matty Atkinson 39 and Dan Craggs 27. But Saltburn’s second XI just managed to hold out with some tenacious batting, scoring...

By Martin Walker Hitachi Rail Europe has been shortlisted for a contract to supply at least 39 new trains for the London Overground network, as the Japanese giants revealed a new model which will be manufactured at its Newton Aycliffe factory. Transport for London (TfL) revealed Hitachi, Bombardier, CAF and Siemens have been whittled...