Mobile electronics firm Filtronic has announced an increase in operating profits. The Yorkshire-based company, which employs 100 people at the threatened RFMD factory on Aycliffe Business Park in County Durham, says pre-tax profits for the year ending May 2013 were at £238,000, compared to a loss of £1.63m last year. Filtronic, a...

Hundreds of pounds was raised for the town's football club by dedicated fans and volunteers at the weekend. It's estimated that the Frank Swiburne Memorial Day raised more than £2,000, although the official figure is yet to be confirmed as sponsorship is still being collected. Some fans walked the 26-mile route from Northallerton to...

Colin McNeillie brings us his gallery of pictures from Newton Aycliffe FC's Frank Swinburne Memorial Day at the weekend. Read our Match Report here  ...

A series of spooky incidents has convinced a young man that his new home is being haunted by an angry ghost. Adam Maddison, 19, believes the hostile spirit is haunting a row of terraced houses in Skipton Close, but says it has focused on him due to his psychic tendencies. Full story at The Northern Echo  ...

Newton Aycliffe won the inaugural Frank Swinburne Memorial Trophy with a comfortable 6-2 demolition of Northallerton Town. In a game set up in memory of the late club stalwart, Danny Earl’s second half hat-trick sealed victory on an emotional day for all involved. Earlier goals from Dan Mellanby, Christian Selby and Fred Woodhouse had...

Pupils at Woodham Academy achieved two silvers and seven bronzes in the Junior Maths Challenge and eight bronzes in the prestigious UK Intermediate Challenge. These competitions are run by the UK Mathematics Trust in conjunction with the University of Leeds and are targeted at the top mathematicians in the country. The challenge...

Hundreds of pounds was expected to be raised at Newton Aycliffe FC after an emotional day to celebrate a club legend today (Saturday). Aycliffe organised the Frank Swinburne Memorial Day, which involved fans trekking 25 miles from Northallerton back to the town. Others cycled the route to replicate in reverse Frankie's...

A Newton Aycliffe man who intimidated a councillor and broke her husband’s nose has been jailed for 18 months. Father-of-three Karl Anthony Kelly denied intimidating Great Aycliffe town councillor Irene Hewitson and assaulting her husband Tony - but a jury convicted him of both offences in June. Passing sentence at Durham Crown Court...

Police have issued a warrant for a Newton Aycliffe woman after she failed to appear at court. Naomi Lock, 21, from the town, failed to appear at the town's Magistrates' Court and is wanted by police. Anyone who has any information regarding Lock's whereabouts is asked to call 101 and ask to speak to Newton Aycliffe Police.  ...

Newton Aycliffe Youth Football Club, one of only 20 FA Charter Standard Community Clubs in County Durham, recently held their Annual Presentation day at the Big Club. The growth in the number of players wanting to play for the Youthy and the increase in the number of teams representing the club, has meant that a full day is required to...