A leading businessman in Newton Aycliffe has praised the company which is responsible for delivering Hitachi Rail Europe’s £82m train-building facility. Newcastle-based Merchant Place Developments (MPD) was awarded the contract to construct and fit out Hitachi’s new facility in County Durham. The company’s director Geoff Hunton...

Four year nine students from Woodham Academy took part in a mathematics challenge hosted by Queen Elizabeth 6th Form College. They were competing against top mathematicians from nine schools across Durham and North Yorkshire. The challenge consisted of five rounds including problem solving, a treasure trail and musical...

A man was fined and given a community order after stealing booze from the town's Aldi store. Rodney Falla, 40, from Chilton, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates' Court on June 12, charged with theft of a bottle of rum and two bottles of vodka from Aldi in Newton Aycliffe on May 11 this year. He was made subject of a community order where he...

Newton Aycliffe FC's summer rebuilding gathered momentum as striker Jamie Owens joined the club having rejected the opportunity to stay with Shildon. The 23-year-old returns to Moore Lane Park, having played 45 minutes for the club back in 2009 – as a substitute in a 3-0 reverse to North Shields – before joining EvoStik outfit Whitby...

Police are on the look-out for four youths who are suspected of stealing a car radio. At about 1.50am on Monday (July 1), a vehicle was broken into in Thornton Close and a car radio stolen. There was a report of four youths with hooded tops attempting to get in to car doors in the street, but fled the scene. If anyone has any...

Local band, Corridor Pass, have been added to the line-up for the forthcoming Heighington Football Club fundraising Race Night. The band, from Newton Aycliffe, will play a variety of crowd pleasers and popular hits after the final race. Corridor Pass’s set list includes a variety of hits for partygoers of all ages, spanning various...

A Newton Aycliffe man has been fined for assaulting a neighbourhood warden after appearing in court. As reported by NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards in his blog on Aycliffe Today, Clive David Cooper, 37, from Aycliffe, appeared at the town’s Magistrates’ Court last Friday (June 28) charged with assault. He was fined £128, ordered to pay...

Newton Aycliffe police are appealing for information after a trampoline was stolen in the town. It’s thought the 8ft trampoline was stolen from the Askrigg Close area some time between June 14 and 16. If you have any information please call 101.  ...

Aycliffe NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… As I type this blog there have been yet more changes to the Neighbourhood Team here in the town. As I recently reported our town centre PCSO, Scott Hodgson, was successful following an application to join our prisoner handling teams within the Crime and...

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