Aycliffe Police are appealing for help after tools worth more than £1,500 were stolen during a double hit. Overnight last Tuesday (September 10), suspects broke into a property in Middridge Farms and stole tools to the value of £500. Around the same time, a vehicle was broken into in Eden Grove, Middridge, and tools worth £1,000 were...

A new guide detailing more than 130 walks in County Durham is now available. ‘Country Durham’ includes a six-month programme of walks and countryside events being organised by Durham County Council from October until March 2014. The programme includes a variety of guided walks, ranging from one-mile easy walks to 14-mile hard...

Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve the latest version of the blueprint for the development of the county at a special meeting of Cabinet this week. Following the fourth extensive consultation with residents, businesses and key stakeholders, including neighbouring authorities, the latest version of the County Durham...

Once again, Woodham Academy students achieved stunning grades in their history GCSE. 66.9% were awarded A*/A grades with an overall pass rate of 89% Sue King, Head of History at Woodham Academy and a recent winner of the teaching award for secondary school teacher of the year, said: “The history department at Woodham Academy would like...

Police are appealing for information after cars were broken into last week. Sometime last Tuesday night (September 10), two vehicles have been broken into in Alverton Drive. A Sat Nav and a laptop have been stolen. If anyone has any information, either call the police on 101 or message them on Facebook.    ...

By Martin Walker Business leaders are backing an ambitious plan to launch a specialist engineering University Technical College (UTC) in Newton Aycliffe. The University of Sunderland has earmarked Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe as an ideal location for the new school, which would be for 14-18-year-olds. The university has...

The Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team is often changing, with officers being moved to different locations. Our NPT is active in its work in the community and is also proactive when it comes to talking to residents and being active in the media. Sergeant Mark Edwards (above, left), who writes a regular blog on Aycliffe Today, is...

The world’s leading cable protection company for the offshore wind industry, Tekmar Energy, has been awarded a cable protection contract by DONG Energy for the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm. Situated eight kilometres off the coast of Hull, Westermost Rough windfarm will cover an area of 35 sq km, generating 210MW of electricity –...

More than 3,500 households have avoided losing their home since 2008 thanks to help from Durham County Council and its partners. It is estimated that helping these families remain in their homes could have saved at least £85m in costs to the council and government departments such as the Department for Work and Pensions and Department of...

By Glen Robertson Danny Earl scored a dramatic late-winner as Newton Aycliffe gained a measure of revenge against Guisborough Town following the weekend’s FA Vase defeat against the same opponents. Earl completed his hat-trick in the last minute of normal-time to give the Royal Blues a first win in seven attempts in all competitions...