A North-East seafood business based in Newton Aycliffe has been enlisted to play a vital role in judging a number of awards for the 2014 National Fish & Chip Awards. Aycliffe Business Park-based Collins Seafoods - one of the country’s largest suppliers of sustainably caught Frozen at Sea Fish – were tasked with finding the most...

Newton Aycliffe FC were once again defeated at Moore Lane Park at the weekend. However, it wasn’t by scheduled visitors Celtic Nation, but by Mother Nature again! The forecast wet weather duly arrived on Friday afternoon, falling on an already wet surface and left the pitch completely unplayable by Saturday morning. And so still...

Newton Aycliffe police officers have swooped to arrest a young man suspected of blighting the town with a spate of recent vehicle crimes. Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards told us in his latest blog on Aycliffe Today about an increase in the number of incidents involving thefts from cars. And officers have today arrested a...

By Martin Walker One of the region's biggest providers of training in manufacturing and engineering says it is geared up to bridge the predicted skills gap, after the disappointment of a UTC for Newton Aycliffe being rejected. Ambitious plans to launch an engineering University Technical College on Aycliffe Business Park were announced...

Newton Aycliffe police are probing two bike thefts on the town. The bike pictured above stolen from the garden of a property in Osric Place, between 5pm and 8pm on 2nd February. If anybody has any information, please call the Aycliffe Neighbourhood Policing Team on 101, or message them on Facebook. Meanwhile, a red men’s Ideal...

Darts fans will get a chance to take on popular World Championship star Terry “The Bull” Jenkins during a fundraising event later this year. Newton Aycliffe FC have arranged for the Sky Sports’ PDC player to come to Aycliffe Sports Club on Friday 9th May. Jenkins, 50, is the current world number 19 , having previously been ranked...

Police are appealing for help to find vandals who have slashed a set of car tyres in Newton Aycliffe. Between 6pm on Wednesday 5th February and 8.20am the following day (Tuesday 6th) all four tyres on a vehicle parked in between Hallington Head and Derwent Place, in the Horndale area of the town, have been slashed by an unknown...

Thriving local branding development agency Echo Graphics has recently completed a six-month project to give one of Newton Aycliffe’s most prominent training providers a slick new image. The growing agency, which has been based at its HUB office for 18 months, has finished a detailed and thorough rebranding project to develop ITEC’s...

Newton Aycliffe FC were once again left frustrated by the weather this weekend, as their big local derby at Bishop Auckland fell victim to a waterlogged pitch. The home team had worked hard on the pitch throughout Friday, even bringing in a pump to remove water from the surface. But the recent wet weather, combined with the number of...

An ambitious entrepreneur is hoping to treble her turnover by inter-trading with one of Aycliffe Business Park’s biggest companies. Lisa Fleming is the regional director for the national company Water Cooler World, with her partner Wayne Fleming heading up a North-East franchise they bought in August 2012. The company, based on...