Durham Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been looking at the road safety initiatives provided by the authority and its partners to protect children and young people living in the region. The review highlights that casualty reduction is an important priority for the council and its partners and a...

Councillors have agreed budget proposals affecting council-owned housing across County Durham. Members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet also agreed rent levels for 2013/14 and confirmed funding for a substantial two-year investment programme aimed at maintaining decent homes standards. The detailed proposals set out in the Cabinet...

Middlesbrough FC’s matchday programme is in safe hands – thanks to a £600,000 investment by HPM Group. The Newton Aycliffe, famous for printing football publications, is always at the cutting edge of technology, and has recently invested in a Swiss-made Perfect Binding machine. It means they’re the only printer in the North-East...

Woodham Gymnastics Academy took part in a competition held at the University of Cumbria at the end of January. The gymnasts had to perform an individual floor routine and a vault to begin with. They then had to perform a routine as a trio which include complex trio balances. The girls involved were Gabrielle Welsh, Victoria Archer,...

Newton Aycliffe’s match at home to South Shields tonight has been postponed. The Newtonians were due to take on the struggling Tyneside club, who are bottom of the Ebac Northern League first division table having lost their last 10 games, this evening. But the Moore Lane Park playing surface was this afternoon deemed unplayable due to...

By Martin Walker The instigator behind Aycliffe Business Park’s exciting new community group has revealed how he’s making progress in helping to tidy up areas of the industrial estate – including the disgraceful former Sanyo site. It was the original idea of Finley Structures managing director John Finley to set up the new Aycliffe...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe Today has been credited by police for the role we played in helping to catch a thug who assaulted a bus driver. We published a CCTV image of a man suspected of assaulting the Arriva driver on Shafto Way in the town, on 19th January. Police received a good response from residents as a direct result of our...

By Martin Walker Hitachi Rail Europe’s first Newton Ayclife-based employee is relishing the challenge she faces with the town’s most exciting new development. Train-building is set to return to the region when work on Hitachi’s new facility begins later this year, ready for the arrival of the £4.5bn Intercity Express Programme and...

A groundbreaking global collaboration project between two schools three thousand miles apart took place in Newton Aycliffe last week. Collaboration between schools has recently been said to be the key to raising standards, with experts sharing good practice whilst learning from one another. Using Woodham Academy’s global contacts,...

  Colin McNeillie's action pictures from Newton Aycliffe's 2-1 win at Hebburn Town on Saturday are below. The Newtonians climbed up to 17th in the Ebac Northern League first division with their third successive victory - click here to read our Match Report. ...