By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s cricket team were denied a chance to beat league-leaders Maltby at the weekend after their home game was abandoned due to heavy rain. Aycliffe were on their way to a healthy innings when rain stopped play at Aycliffe Sports Club, with the home side on 225 for eight after 42.4 overs. Michael Howe...

A quantity of drugs was seized when Newton Aycliffe police officers swooped on an address in the town. A successful Magistrates search warrant was executed for the property at Kenny Walk, in the Mellanby Crescent area. "A quantity of drugs were seized and a male is currently in custody," said a police statement. "Newton Aycliffe...

A group of year 9 students from Woodham Academy visited Durham University as part of the Dux Award Scheme 2014. It’s the second year that the school has been involved in the scheme, which is organised through the Department for Education. The aim is to raise aspiration of students and to provide students, who have the potential to...

By Martin Walker Cruel thieves siphoned off 200 litres of diesel at Woodham Golf Club just a day after it officially re-opened. The golf course opened last Friday after an eight-month closure and two months of hard work to get the course and clubhouse back up to scratch. But some time between 10am last Saturday (2nd August) and 7am on...

By Martin Walker The Government has confirmed the first Universal Technical College (UTC) for the North-East will be in Newton Aycliffe. South Durham UTC, sponsored by the University of Sunderland, Hitachi Rail Europe and Gestamp Tallent, will cater for 600 students a year, aged 14-19, and specialise in engineering and advanced...

Pic: Mark Walley The North East region has claimed victory in a competition to win £1 million-worth of advertising across Heathrow Airport, with over 19,000 votes or ‘likes’ in a Facebook competition. John Holland Kaye, Heathrow’s CEO, said: “I’m delighted to announce the winner of the Your Great Britain competition with...

A Romanian man has been jailed for three years after fitting a card "skimming" device to a petrol pump in Newton Aycliffe. Travelling conman Sandu-Nicu Lacatus, from Newcastle, finally admitted three skimming offences at Tesco petrol stations in Bolton, Lancashire, in April, and Newton Aycliffe and Durham City, in May this year. On all...

Hitachi Rail Europe has been credited for a surge in take-up of industrial space in the North-East. London-based property consultants Knight Frank has published a report, saying a total of 1.28m sq ft of logistics and industrial space was taken up in the first six months of 2014 – double the figure recorded in the last half of 2013 and...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club have unveiled a new state-of-the-art electronic scoreboard. The impressive facility has been purchased with the aid of the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) and local County Councillors Mike Dixon, Sarah Iveson, Joan Gray, Eddy Adam, Kate Hopper and Jed Hillary. The scoreboard, pictured being...

Police are appealing for information or CCTV footage in three areas of the town after thieves targeted cars overnight. Three incidents were reported to police on Sunday, when suspects have either gained access or attempted to gain access to vehicles in Cheltenham Way in Woodham, Hamilton Close off Burn Lane and Marshall Road near the town...