Some pictures from an historic Hitachi construction ceremony held on Aycliffe Business Park on Friday.  ...

PREVIEW: Newton Aycliffe v Hebburn Town, Saturday November 2, 3pm (Moore Lane Park) By Sam Tuckey Newton Aycliffe skipper John Close has been through a lot during his time with the club. Having been with the Royal Blues through their meteoric rise through into Northern League Division One and seen a number team-mates come and go from...

Vince Cable said Hitachi Rail Europe's ceremony on Aycliffe Business Park represented a "good day for Newton Aycliffe". The Business Secretary visited Newton Aycliffe on Friday to celebrate the beginning of construction of Hitachi's £82m facility. Darlington firm Shepherd Construction was unveiled as the lead contractor for the...

The construction of an £82m train-building factory in Newton Aycliffe is due to start with a high-profile ceremony this week. Business Secretary Vince Cable and Patrick McLoughlin, the Secretary of State for Transport, will visit Hitachi Rail Europe’s site on Aycliffe Business Park on Friday (November 1). Hitachi’s executive...

Newton Aycliffe police officers would like to speak to two men suspected of shoplifting from a town centre shop. The Neighbourhood Beat Team have released images from CCTV footage showing the two males. The first (above) is suspected of entering Boyes in the town centre at about 9.30am on Monday (October 28) and taking some tins of...

Spennymoor Town 5, Newton Aycliffe 0 By Dan Lewis Newton Aycliffe continued to experience pain on the road with defeat on Friday evening at the Brewery Field, against reigning FA Vase holders Spennymoor Town. Perhaps the timing was unfortunate for Aycliffe, as for the first time this season Spennymoor Manager Jason Ainsley had a full...

Newton Aycliffe police have “named and shamed” people who’ve been charged with shoplifting in the town centre as part of a tough new approach. Officers have also banned a number of young people from the town centre as reports of antisocial behaviour give cause for concern. A police statement said: “Newton Aycliffe town centre is...

A new state-of-the-art food waste plant has opened in Newton Aycliffe, which will serve the North-East’s need to recycle food waste and create renewable energy. Emerald Biogas has announced the completion of its new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, which is now ‘open for business’ and the first facility of its type in the region to...

This week brings to an end an extremely active sporting half-term at Stephenson Way, which has seen a high proportion of pupils either undertaking extra sports coaching or competing in sporting events. Year 4 visited Greenfield to enjoy an afternoon of football and handball. The children welcomed the opportunity to play football with pupils...

Durham County Council has pledged its support to reduce smoking. Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable death globally, killing half of all smokers prematurely. In the 20th century smoking killed 100million people worldwide and that figure could rise to one billion during the 21st century. Smoking causes 50 different conditions...