By Martin Walker Aycliffe police officers are implementing some preventative measures in the town thanks to council cash. With ever-increasing cutbacks to public spending, our Neighbourhood Police Team are constantly looking for innovative ways to make the best use of their resources. So they applied to Great Aycliffe and Middridge...

By Martin Walker The construction deal to build Hitachi’s new train-building facility in Newton Aycliffe has finally been signed after months of delays. Hitachi Rail Europe has announced that it has signed the deal with Merchant Place Developments for the construction and fit-out of a rolling stock manufacturing plant on Aycliffe...

By Martin Walker Middlesbrough goalkeeper Jason Steele is hoping Woodham Academy will continue to "unearth little gems" after producing a number of footballers over the years. The ex-Woodham pupil, Boro's number one 'keeper and an England Under-21 international, has been impressed by the work of former Darlington players Neil Maddison...

Newton Aycliffe's cricket team lost their second game of the new season at the weekend. Aycliffe's first XI had won two, drawn one and lost one after a promising start to life in the NYSD League. But they lost at Norton on Saturday, leaving them mid-table in the third division. Aycliffe batted first and were all out for 167 after 35.2...

By Glen Robertson Stuart Owen was named player of the year at Newton Aycliffe’s annual presentation evening. The Newtonian made 48 appearances during the campaign, scoring five goals along the way. Owen, a midfielder by trade, spent the majority of the season filling in at left-back and put in a number of sterling displays along the...

More than 700 speeding motorists face police action after a week-long operation across the roads of Cleveland and County Durham. Results have just been collated for the crackdown, which started on 15 April and was conducted in support of the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL). Road policing crews targeted a number of locations...

Newtonian Jason Steele is one of a 40-man squad named by England ahead of the Under-21 European Championships this summer. The squad is expected to be trimmed to 23 later this week before a training camp in Turkey for a week spanning May and June. The Championships, held in Israel, run from Sunday June 2 to Wednesday June 19, the day the...

EXCLUSIVE: By Martin Walker Woodham Academy is planning to link-up with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation to offer new leadership and sporting opportunities in Newton Aycliffe. The innovative school launched its Sports Academy last year and this year has increased the number of academies to 11 sports, to accommodate Water Polo and...

By Martin Walker Middlesbrough goalkeeper and Newtonian Jason Steele has won the praise of his local MP! Phil Wilson, the Labour MP for Sedgefield, watched Steele pick up both Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards at the club's presentation evening last Sunday night. Mr Wilson, a Boro fan and president of Northern...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's cricket team continued their excellent start to life in the NYSD League with victory over top-of-the-table Maltby this week. After drawing at Bedale last Saturday, Aycliffe's first XI beat Maltby's second XI by five wickets on Bank Holiday Monday at Aycliffe Sports Club. The visitors were all out for...