By Martin Walker An ambitious County Plan, which could see Aycliffe Business Park become the biggest industrial estate in the North-East, will take one step closer to sign-off this month. Just over a week since the announcement of £10m-worth of Government funding to develop Merchant 2, a 48-hectare development adjacent to Hitachi Rail...

Six young players have signed on for Newton Aycliffe FC as the work of their youth development partnership begins to bear fruit. The Newtonians joined up with Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC last season, to work in partnership for the development of playing opportunities for players after they had left ‘junior’ football. NAJFC entered a...

Plans for a state-of the-art centre for skills, leadership and innovation in emerging technology sectors have been given the green light by Government. The Darlington-based National Horizons Centre (NHC) is a partnership between Teesside University, the Centre for Process Innovation, Darlington College, Darlington Borough Council and...

A man caught stealing from Tesco in Newton Aycliffe has been locked up for four weeks. As revealed by Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards in his blog on Aycliffe Today, John Conlin, 35, from Stockton, appeared at Aycliffe Magistrates Court after having been charged with theft of eight computer games from Tesco and a...

By Martin Walker Local football stars Ross Turnbull and Jason Steele were the special guests at Woodham Sports Academy's annual awards ceremony this week. Football referee George Courtney, who used to teach at Vane Road School in the town, also gave a humorous speech before helping to dish out the awards along with Turnbull and Steele,...

By Martin Walker Police are warning Newton Aycliffe residents to be extra vigilant after a crime spree in the Woodham area. As revealed in his blog on Aycliffe Today, Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards says a number of recent incidents have been reported between 29th June and 1st July. A Citroen was...

A group of the young people involved in this year’s Cutting Loose at Greenfield College gave a surprise performance to members of the public in Newton Aycliffe Town Centre to promote their event – flash mob style! One week before the main event, members of the public looked puzzled by the presence of brass instruments being carried by...

Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards brings us his latest blog… Hello all, It’s been a while since the last blog so you’re no doubt foaming at the mouth for the next instalment… so here it is! Tackling Volume Crime through Community Engagement continues to be the team’s mission statement. As...

By Martin Walker Stiller Warehousing and Distribution was in pole position to help the Great Yorkshire Show go ahead this week. The Aycliffe transport company commissioned to transport two 125ft-long logs from Scarborough to Harrogate to form an integral part of the farming showcase, when around 135,000 visitors were expected to attend...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s cricket team were knocked off the top of the NYSD League second division following their defeat at home to Middlesbrough. Aycliffe’s first XI lost by six wickets against Boro’s second team last Saturday and dropped to third in the table with 193 points. Aycliffe scored a decent 167 from 44.5...