By Martin Walker An Apprentice who learned his trade in Newton Aycliffe has scooped a national award at a ceremony to celebrate success and innovation in the plastics industry. Joshua Appleyard is employed as a toolmaking apprentice at Teesside plastic injection-moulding company Nifco and trained at SW Durham Training (SWDT) on Aycliffe...

By Dan Lewis Another unpredictable week in the life of an Aycliffe FC supporter! Certainly this season hasn’t been short of entertainment and talking points for fans of the Royal Blues. Last weekend saw Oliver take his team up the A1 to face the students of Team Northumbria, who had been victorious in the League Cup tie the week...

A Newton Aycliffe man appeared at court after he was caught stealing moisturiser from the town’s Savers store. As revealed by NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards in his latest blog, David Ian Edwards, 30, appeared before the town’s Magistrates on October 2 for stealing two tubes of moisturiser from Savers. He was ordered to pay £9.98...

Organisers are gearing up for what looks like the biggest and best Durham Oktoberfest regional engineering and manufacturing show, which takes place in Newton Aycliffe this week. Around 120 stands and more than 1,500 visitors are expected at the region’s premier exhibition at the Xcel Centre on Aycliffe Business Park on Thursday (October...

Peterlee Helford 6, Newton Aycliffe Sports Club 1 By Paul Eales This weekend saw Newton Aycliffe Sports Club FC travel to Peterlee for the Third Preliminary Round of The Durham County Cup. Peterlee Helford are a strong team, regulary challenging for honours in the  Peterlee and District Sunday Premier league, and a good performance...

Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today... It’s been an especially busy time for the team these past few weeks with much of our activity attracting substantial ‘audiences’. One of the main focuses for the team of late has been the thefts from West Cemetery. I...

The Foundation Stage at Stephenson Way Community Primary School invited their parents to come and join them for an autumn stay 'n' play last week. Everyone enjoyed a wide range of autumn craft activities: leaf printing, natural collages, making mice biscuits, mask making, play dough conkers, making moving scarecrows followed by a delicious...

Woodham Academy has opened a new outdoor classroom thanks to a £10,000 grant. Following extensive work in the summer, a new outdoor classroom has been developed with the help of local company Dig-it. Staff will be able to book the classroom and take groups of students into the classroom that includes a bespoke garden that is beautiful...

Residents in County Durham are being invited to give their views on how changes to the council’s garden waste collection service could work best for them. Last month members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet agreed to hold a consultation on proposals that would see households paying a £20 annual fee to have their garden waste...

On Friday night under the floodlights at Darlington Rugby Club, the Woodham Warriors American Football team defeated their second American opponents in the space of six days. Woodham Academy English teacher Stacey Reay gives us her unique version of events in poetic style. There they stood brave and proud, Our young soldiers adored by...