A US laser technology company has acquired the troubled RFMD plant in Newton Aycliffe. The Aycliffe Business Park site was set to be closed down with the loss of 200 jobs, but Arizona-based Compound Photonics has stepped in. RFMD, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance radio frequency solutions, said in March that it expects to...

Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Here we are at the back end of July and the weather continues its attempts to dehydrate members of my team during their daily patrols – no-one’s melted yet! As I script this blog I am currently covering for Inspector Mark Hall on the...

Mother Goose Baby Fairs will be holding a nearly new sale at Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre on Saturday August 31, 12noon til 1.30pm. The sale will give local mums the opportunity to buy and sell good quality maternity, baby and children’s goods. Why not book a stall and sell your unwanted items and keep 100% of your profits on the...

A brilliant range of activities for children and young people of all ages in Newton Aycliffe has been put together for the summer holidays. Activities, which cater for youngsters from as young as five and six up to teenagers, have been organised by the Extended Services working in partnership with Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP...

More than 280 students from Woodham Academy were congratulated for their hard work and commitment to studies in a recent Rewards Assembly. Students were selected from each of the three houses, Brancepeth, Lambton and Raby, for demonstrating excellent effort and attainment in their recent Rising Star assessments. Students sat with...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe goalkeeper Ross Turnbull made a surprise return to the Middlesbrough scene when he featured in a pre-season friendly for the Teessiders on Tuesday night. Turnbull, 28, has been without a club since his release from Chelsea this summer and has been training at Boro's Rockliffe Park HQ in Hurworth. He...

Ebac has announced plans to create 100 new jobs after agreeing a deal to produce freezers at its Newton Aycliffe factory. The firm, which has pledged to double its current workforce of 200 to 400 when it brings washing machine manufacturing back to the region, has agreed a deal which will preserve the brands and products of UK manufacturer...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's cricket team stormed to the top of the NYSD League third division with their seventh consecutive win at the weekend. Aycliffe's first team beat Bedale's first XI by six wickets at Aycliffe Sports Club on Saturday to leapfrog them at the top of the table in their debut NYSD League campaign. Their...

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...