The future business leaders of County Durham were in eager attendance recently as the ninth Future Business Magnates competition was launched. Teams of 12 and 13-year-olds from 24 schools across the county attended the event at the Xcel Centre in Newton Aycliffe to find out which local businesses they’d be teaming up with to design their...

Darlington Spraire Lads 3, Aycliffe Sports Club 1 By Paul Eales Newton Aycliffe Sports Club lost their first league game of the season when they took on high-flying Darlington Spraire Lads at the weekend. With only one defeat this season (against The Huntsman), the Sports Club knew that this would be a tough game to get the points to...

By Martin Walker One of the region’s best-known training-providers is making a conscious effort to get more girls into Apprenticeships after alarming government figures reveal the UK is trailing several European countries when it comes to recruiting females. Kate Chapman has just been appointed the new business development manager for...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe FC have been stunned by a heartless break-in at their Moore Lane Park ground. Burglars have forced open the doors of three cabins within their ground on Monday night, on the Aycliffe Sports Club site, and made off with a number of electrical items and some cash. They've then ransacked the cabins -...

By Martin Walker There was delight for 12 Newton Aycliffe community groups who scooped a share of £27,000 GAMP money at the weekend. An Education Centre for Children with Downs Syndrome and an appeal for funding to build a Multi Use Games Area were amongst the projects that captured the public’s imagination at a community funding...

Woodham Academy students took part in another gruelling charity bootcamp in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust last Saturday. The day, which was organised by Pinch-an-inch, started with a 1 hour kettlebell session including a range of intense exercises from kettlebell swings to the goblet press. In addition this part of the bootcamp...

Stephenson Way entered into the spirit of Children in Need last Friday, with the children participating in a range of activities and competitions; not to just raise funds but also learn about why Children in Need started and the children it helps. Friday was designated as a non-school uniform day, with children making a donation to shed...

Newtonians will get a rare chance to have a real say on how public cash can be dished out locally at an open event this weekend. The Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) is holding a special event this Saturday, when members of the public can vote on who deserves a share of their community hand-outs. It's your money and it's...

Newton Aycliffe businesses have a chance to gain some entrepreneurial insight at an event this week. North East Newcomer of the Year Bryan Bunn is sharing his business experiences and views at a meeting of industrial minds in Darlington. Bryan, founder of Nortech, is speaking at the Teesside University Business Exchange on Vicarage Road...

Newton Aycliffe police officers are on the lookout for burglars after a spree of incidents were reported in the town. As revealed by NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards in his blog on Aycliffe Today, between 2pm and 7.30pm on Saturday November 9, a house burglary occurred in the Acle Meadows area where offenders have forced open a rear ground floor...