Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights… Five Picks Of The Week Utopia (pictured): Tuesday 10pm, Channel 4 The bizarre Utopia continues this week with the group locked up at their safe house desperately trying to unlock the secrets of the manuscript. They’re not alone though as shadowy figures hunt them down. Brain...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson has praised a new free facility designed to improve communication between companies on the second-largest industrial estate in the region. The Labour MP for Sedgefield attended the launch of a new website for Aycliffe Business Park yesterday - and says he plans to bring it up for debate in...

Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Here we go – my next blog. We’re already sailing into February, time certainly does fly! I would like to thank Aycliffe Today for the support provided in assisting my team here at Newton Aycliffe – not only with allowing me to...

By Ryan Gillham Charles Smith shot the lights out, scoring 49 points at the Newton Aycliffe Leisure centre as his Newcastle Eagles side triumphed over 109-65 over the Durham Wildcats. The Wildcats kept in the game for majority of the opening quarter with Brad Guinane nailing three three-pointers early on but the Eagles had an answer in...

The brakes are being put on speeding motorists in County Durham and Darlington, thanks to PACT (Police and Communities Together) meetings. PACT meetings are held regularly in neighbourhoods throughout the force area and enable local residents to influence what their local beat teams focus on by agreeing local PACT priorities. As part of...

By Paul McGeary Newton Aycliffe made it three wins out of three in 2013 with a 2-1 victory at Hebburn Town. Allan Oliver's side climbed up to 17th in the Ebac Northern League first division with their fourth away win of the season, leapfrogging Marske United and Consett. They also stretched the gap between them and the relegation zone...

A special feature with South West Durham Training about careers and training... Better careers advice could hold the key to the growth of the North-East’s manufacturing sector, according to one of the region’s leading training providers. Michael Blades, business development manager at Newton Aycliffe-based SW Durham Training (SWDT),...

The next edition of Aycliffe Today’s exciting new business magazine is out now! Every company on Aycliffe Business Park should have received their February issue of the eagerly-awaited publication on Friday morning. If you don’t get it, email us: [email protected] The remaining copies will be distributed gradually over...

Woodham Academy head teacher Christine Forsyth has revealed plans to sell-off some land to fund a state-of-the-art all-weather football facility. Woodham, which launched a new Sports Academy last year, hope to sell off existing playing fields and disused land to raise £500,000 to fund Newton Aycliffe's first full-size 3G football...

An exciting new free facility for companies on Aycliffe Business Park has been launched. www.aycliffebusinesspark.co.uk provides a FREE online business directory for firms on Aycliffe Business Park, and also enables companies to promote news and events. The site was launched at the Xcel Centre on Friday, which was attended by Sedgefield...