Woodham Academy held its annual Maths Challenge last week. Ten teams of Year 5 students from Chilton Foliat CE VA Primary, Woodham Burn Community Primary, St. Joseph’s RCVA Primary, Timothy Hackworth Primary School, Stephenson Way Community Primary and Sugar Hill Primary School competed in a series of activities to find the winning...

By Paul McGeary Newton Aycliffe have added experienced central defender Stephen Salvin to their ranks after the 32-year-old agreed a switch from local rivals Bishop Auckland. The former Blue Star and Gateshead player was a legend for the Two Blues, scoring 45 times in 291 appearances, having initially joined Bishops in 2001. Salvin -...

Bright sunshine and blue skies welcomed visitors to a wonderful summer event held at Woodham Academy last week. With free activities running throughout the morning, the event offered a host of fun and games including art workshops and creative activities which saw families creating elaborately decorated masks, finger puppets and giant...

Police are appealing for information after someone rifled through a handbag in broad daylight. At about 11.30am on Monday (July 15), the contents of a resident’s handbag have been stolen from an address in Shield Walk. If anyone has any information regarding this please call 101 quoting DHM-15072013-0185.  ...

Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield was the venue for Woodham Academy’s prestigious Sports Academy Awards Evening. An audience of almost 200 students and their parents were entertained by guest speaker, Ben Heason. Croll down to see our Picture Gallery below Ben is a professional rock climber who has spent his lifetime climbing the...

Martin Young scored two world class goals as Aycliffe defeated Yorkshire hosts Athersley Recreation in sweltering conditions on Saturday. The 25-year-old midfielder, who missed all of the 2012 pre-season campaign, followed up his 90 minutes against the under 18's with a spectacular brace. The first came after 11 minutes following Stuart...

Police are appealing for information after a bike was stolen from a garden in Newton Aycliffe over the weekend. Sometime in the early hours of Saturday (July 13), the push bike was stolen from the garden of a property in Biscop Crescent. The bike is described as being mainly black in colour with white writing surrounded by a green...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's cricket team continued their blistering form with back-to-back wins. The first XI won by 34 runs at Whitby on Saturday to follow up a midweek 15/15 cup win by Aycliffe Hogs last Wednesday. Saturday's sixth consecutive league win saw Aycliffe climb up to second place in the NYSD League third division...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson caused a stir in the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. During heated PMQs yesterday, billed the fieriest ever confrontations between David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Milliband, the Labour MP for Sedgefield pitched a rare question to the Premier. MPs - who...

One of only a handful of sisters in the UK known to be born with an extremely rare and potentially fatal skin condition are campaigning on behalf of a charity that has helped them as it competes for a major national award. Emma Picken, 19, and her younger sister, Stacey, 17, shed their skin every day after being born with lamellar...