By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe town centre’s £2m development is close to being completed, ready for an official celebration. Construction and development company Bowmer and Kirkland have just about completed the upgrade, which has seen the iconic ramp disappear. And it’s expected to be completed this week – exactly a year...

For the fourth successive year, students from Woodham Academy spent the October half-term week on the Costa Brava in Spain. Thirty-five students from years 8-11 accompanied by three members of staff travelled to Catalonia and visited many of the sporting and cultural attractions that the city of Barcelona has to offer. Based in the...

A local shower manufacturer has been shortlisted for two prestigious products awards over the last few weeks, with the winners of both to be announced later this month. Newton Aycliffe based manufacturer, Roman Limited, recently launched a new designer range of Shower Enclosures, the Decem Range, which has been shortlisted as Product of the...

Kirsty Cox has today admitted several counts of fraud amounting to £450,000 at Teesside Crown Court. The 37-year-old has admitted four charges after she originally denied a string of fraud counts amounting to £600,000, and was due to go on trial today. Full story from The Northern Echo    ...

By Dan Lewis Newton Aycliffe climbed back into the top half of the Ebac Northern League first division with a 3-1 win at home to Hebburn Town. After a string of frustrating results on the road recently, Newton Aycliffe will have been glad to be back home on Saturday. With Hebburn Town the visitors, and firmly rooted to the bottom of...

Education provider support company Mesma has helped a Newton Aycliffe training organisation to improve the way it manages its quality assurance activity. Gateshead-based Mesma has worked with Baltic Training Services, based on Aycliffe Business Park, to help ensure it is ready for regulator inspections at the drop of a hat. The Mesma...

Argos DH1 1, Newton Aycliffe Sports Club 3 By Paul Eales This weekend saw Newton Aycliffe Sports Club FC in more cup action, this time, The PMA League Cup against Division One league leaders Argos DHL. With both sides undefeated in their relevant divisions this had the markings of a good cup tie with bragging rights to play...

A Newton Aycliffe care home has undergone a major refurbishment as part of its owners £12m investment programme. Aycliffe Care Home, based on the Horndale estate and part of Akari Care, has undergone the facelift as the group makes significant investment in its homes throughout the UK. The home has benefited from a complete...

Newton Aycliffe FC historian Paul McGeary, a regular contributor to Aycliffe Today, pens a touching tribute to Northallerton-based sports photographer Paul Gaythorpe, who sadly passed away suddenly last week. Paul Gaythorpe captured many memorable moments while working freelance for the town’s football club over recent years, and his...

  By Martin Walker Company bosses in Newton Aycliffe have heard how a county plan by the local authority could see the town's business park become the largest in the North East. Durham County Council is currently undertaking a major, 20-year county plan which will go to Government in April and be adopted by December 2014. As...