By Martin Walker Members of Great Aycliffe Town Council have agreed to plan for a fireworks display in the town this year – providing the event meets safety criteria. Safety officers advised the Town Council to cancel the 2013 event after it became “too large” to manage. The council hoped to resurrect the display after plans...

This week marks the 30th anniversary of Volunteers Week and Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) is holding an event to recognise the invaluable contribution that volunteers make and are keen to support any individuals who would like to give a little of their time to make a big difference. People are invited along to the Pioneering Care Centre...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s cricket team lost at promotion rivals Barnard Castle on Saturday. Aycliffe’s first team elected to bat first in their NYSD Division Two clash at Barny but were 104 all out, with Matty Atkinson scoring 28. Pritpal Grewal was 21 not out and Luke Telford 17 scored 17. But it took the home side...

By Martin Walker A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a road collision on Aycliffe Business Park. The incident happened at around 12.30pm on Friday (30th May) on Redworth Way. Police officers, firefighters and the ambulance service attended the scene, where they found a Land Rover Defender on its side in the road...

By Martin Walker A free marketing summit for the region, which will enable firms to gain valuable information and advice about inbound marketing, is being organised at Aycliffe Business Park this week. Newton Aycliffe company thrive is bringing industry experts from the world of digital marketing to the Xcel Centre on Friday (6th...

A teenage thug has been jailed for four years after a savage attack outside DL5. Lewis Gash, 19, of Callerton Rise in the town, caused permanent scarring to his victim when he bit him outside the pub in the drink-fuelled incident in August last year. Gash denied a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, but was...

By Martin Walker Cruel thieves have wrecked an Aycliffe nursery's playing area after ripping up and stealing some state-of-the-art astro turf. The Play Days Nursery, on Simpasture Gate, spent £5,000 on specialist artificial grass to improve its outdoor playing area - part-funded by parents who helped to raise the cash. But less than...

Two young thieves are suspected of stealing a charity bucket from a town centre shop in Newton Aycliffe. Police have released the above CCTV image, saying the youths entered the Greggs store in Beveridge Way last Saturday afternoon (24th May). "The male in all dark clothing has then stolen the charity bucket from behind the counter,"...

By Martin Walker The man who admitted stealing from grave-sides in Newton Aycliffe has today been jailed for a total of 20 months. David Gary Ryan, now of Darlington, pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods at Durham Crown Court in April. The charges related to offences which occurred at the West Cemetry, School Aycliffe last year,...

By Martin Walker Today will go down as a momentous day for Phil Wilson - and for more reasons than one. The Sedgefield MP struck a twitchy figure during Thursday morning's high-profile steel ceremony on the site of Hitachi Rail Europe's £82m train-building factory on Aycliffe Business Park. That's because his daughter-in-law had...