By Martin Walker A popular former Newton Aycliffe publican has smashed a target of raising £10,000 for a cancer charity in memory of his Mum. Richard Parker, from Easington, used to run the Lakeside bar at Woodham Golf Club and then the North Briton in Aycliffe Village, in the 2000s. Richard and his brother Nick want to boost...

Thinking of something creative and healthy to do with the kids, that doesn’t cost? Colour your Life are running a free four-week family cooking course at the Pioneering Care Centre starting on Tuesday (18th March), after school at 3.30-5.30pm. Classes are for adults and children to enjoy cooking and learn new skills together. If...

By Martin Walker Training providers from across the region teamed up to stage a North East Apprenticeship Forum on Aycliffe Business Park last week. Organised by national firm Hit Training, which has a regional branch on the park, the forum was hosted by South West Durham Training (SWDT) as part of National Apprenticeship Awareness...

Two Aycliffe Business Park firms picked up gongs at the North East Business Awards on Thursday night. Ebac won Manufacturer of the Year award, while new kids on the block Emerald Biogas won Best Newcomer. “At Ebac we do what we do for Ebac, for its staff and customers,” the firm’s managing director Pamela Petty told Aycliffe Today...

Police are appealing for information about a dog that went missing last week. Officers believe the brown and white Staffordshire Bull Terrier may have been stolen from an address in Skipton Close, around 4pm on Wednesday 26th February. Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101, or message the Aycliffe Neighbourhood...

Newton Aycliffe Sports Club 9, British Legion 2 By David Hall After bringing The Huntsman’s 100% winning record to an end last week, another local derby was played at Moore Lane at the weekend, this time against the struggling British Legion. The Legion started well with The Sports Club struggling to get out to of the traps and when...

By Martin Walker Police have confirmed that thugs deliberately set a car alight in Newton Aycliffe on Sunday night – with two other motors also going up in smoke. A spokesman for the Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team told Aycliffe Today on Monday that suspects targeted a Freelander Discovery with a petrol bomb in Skipton Close, at...

Bishop Auckland 0, Newton Aycliffe 2 Newton Aycliffe bounced back from back-to-back defeats with an impressive derby win at Bishop Auckland on Tuesday night. Talk of another relegation dog-fight were temporarily dispelled with a fine display by Allan Oliver's men, who climbed back up to 10th in the Ebac Northern League first...

A Newton Aycliffe fireworks display which was cancelled after an increase in visitors raised "serious" safety concerns could go ahead this year. Safety officers advised Great Aycliffe Town Council to cancel the 2013 event after it became "too large" to manage. The council hopes it can now be "resurrected", after plans were drawn up to...

Elderly people who have chronic muscle pain are at a significantly increased risk of having heart disease – researchers at Teesside University have found. Almost half of elderly people who have suffered chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) go on to suffer cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers suggest. And people aged over...