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...

By Martin Walker The Finley family which is constructing the steel for Newton Aycliffe's iconic train-building factory today presented key people with special mementos during a steel ceremony. Aycliffe firm Finley Structures is currently working on erecting 2,000 tonnes of steel at Hitachi's monster £82m factory on Aycliffe Business...

Aycliffe Today is using the latest multi-media technology to bring our printed publications to life - Harry Potter-style! We've teamed up with Aurasma, the world’s leading augmented reality platform, using advanced image and pattern recognition to blend the real-world with interactive content. It means some of the features in our...

By Martin Walker Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has appointed a new General Manager in a move which will help boss Paul hand the reins to the next generation of his family almost six decades since the birth of the company. As the Newton Aycliffe firm approaches its 60th birthday, Stiller heads into a transitional period by...

Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Well hello again. If it seems like forever since my last blog that's because it has been (or at least it feels that). This 'edition' is a little different to my usual style, mainly because I'm actually on my leave away from...

By Martin Walker Fast-growing Newton Aycliffe subsea technology experts Tekmar Energy has announced plans to explore the emerging North American offshore market. The company, which is in the process of moving into the 90,000 sq. ft. former Tetley’s factory on Aycliffe Business Park, has announced an agency agreement with the...

Newton Aycliffe’s cricket teams both recorded wins on Bank Holiday Monday after a weekend washout. The first team romped to a 61-run victory at home to derby rivals Darlington on Monday to surge up to second in the NYSD second division. And Aycliffe’s second XI claimed their very first NYSD League win at Bishop Auckland to climb off...