Police are appealing for information after a child's football goal was stolen from a garden. The toy goal was taken from a garden in Thornton Close, some time between 10pm on Monday (July 15) and 3.30pm on Tuesday (July 16). Anyone with any information is asked to call 101 and quote DHM-16072013-0329.  ...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe conference centre built with the support of a local church has almost doubled its operational staff since opening just three years ago. The Xcel Centre, a state-of-the-art venue built on Aycliffe Business Park three-and-a-half years ago, opened with 20 employees but now has 36 on the books. The...

By Martin Walker Hitachi Rail Europe say the "hugely important" new train deal will take manufacturing at its County Durham factory up to 2020. Hitachi announced a new £1.2bn deal to build 270 carriages as the second phase of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). This tops up the original £4.5bn contract to make 596 vehicles at the...

By Martin Walker One of the key players in bringing Hitachi to Newton Aycliffe retired this week. Business Durham managing director Stewart Watkins called an end to his time with the organisation after more than 35 years. Click here to read a special feature on Mr Watkins in our latest business i-mag The proud Welshman – and...

Newton Aycliffe recorded a fine 3-1 victory over Northern League Champions Darlington as they maintained their 100% pre-season record in their third outing. Click here to see our Picture Gallery from the game Darlington may have been missing a handful of first team regulars, but included at least six players in their line-up who will be...

A £1.2 billion deal to build more trains in Newton Aycliffe has been announced. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has confirmed the huge order for more state-of-the-art trains to be built by Hitachi Rail Europe. The 270 carriages will be manufactured by Hitachi at its new purpose-built factory on Merchant Park in Aycliffe as part...

  The Newton Aycliffe woman accused of a £1m-plus iPad scam has denied the bulk of the 26 fraud charges she faces. Kirsty Cox appeared at Teesside Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, July 17) and admitted ripping off two customers. But the 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to a further 24 counts of making false representations to...

A Newton Aycliffe man is due to appear in court charged with stealing latop computers. David Gary Ryan, 41, from School Aycliffe, has been arrested and charged with going equipped and with the possession of an offensive weapon, after laptops were allegedly stolen from premises on Hackworth Industrial Estate in Shildon. The Neibourhood...

A Newton Aycliffe welder has showed how Apprenticeships can help forge a high-flying career in the construction industry. Andrew Workman, nicknamed Wil by friends, has worked for Finley Structures for the past 10 years and has recently been promoted to senior estimator. The 38-year-old - pictured with the firm's new senior estimator...

Newton Aycliffe’s Northern League football club will host a high-profile pre-season friendly against Darlington tonight. It’ll be the first meeting between the sides since Aycliffe beat Darlo in December 2012 – ironically the last time Martin Gray’s side lost a game as they marched to the Championship and promotion to the EvoStick...