By Martin Walker Tesco’s multi-million-pound store in Newton Aycliffe has been forced to withdraw burgers from shelves following the shocking horsemeat revelations. As revealed this week, horsemeat has been discovered in beefburgers sold by the supermarket giants Tesco and Iceland. Since the revelations, almost £300m has been wiped...

Do you know someone who has recently been discharged from hospital that would benefit from some extra support at home or in the community? The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) has launched a new county-wide Health Buddy service in conjunction with County Durham NHS and the Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund. The Health Buddy...

Schools across County Durham have registered to take charge of recycling used household batteries. The Durham County Council scheme promotes battery recycling to prevent them from being sent to landfill. The council’s waste management team work with Valpak, who collect the batteries free of charge. This year’s scheme hopes to...

Durham County Council continues to take steps to cut carbon emissions, cabinet has heard. An Overview and Scrutiny committee has been tasked with carrying out a review of the council’s Carbon Management Programme and Cabinet to note the importance of the drive to reduce emissions when the committee presented its findings. Cutting...

The Colour your Life programme’s first art exhibition is open to the public at Greenfield Art Gallery until Wednesday 30th January. ‘The heART of Friendship’ is the theme that clients chose; they wanted to highlight that Colour your Life is not just about the enjoyment of creating art, it’s about making new friends and the...

After winning the South West Durham regional Sportshall Athletics before Christmas, six year 8 boys from Woodham competed at the Durham County Sportshall Secondary Athletics competition on Wednesday 9th January. The competition was held at the Louisa Centre, Stanley, with the other Durham County area winners Durham Johnston, St Johns and...

By Martin Walker A man has been banned from driving after falling asleep in the McDonald’s drive-through at Newton Aycliffe – just days after a woman was caught drink-driving at the same takeaway joint. Katie Howe, from Aycliffe, was banned for 20 months after trying to drive her Vauxhall Corsa down the opposite end of the...

The woman at the centre of an alleged £620,000 iPad scam in Newton Aycliffe will remain in custody. Kirsty Cox, 36, appeared at the town’s Magistrates’ Court again on Tuesday, and was remanded in custody again as her case was adjourned. She's now due to appear at Durham Crown Court on Friday 1st February. Ms Cox is accused of...

By Martin Walker An investigation into a huge fire in Newton Aycliffe more than two years ago has finally come to a conclusion. The blaze at Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, on Aycliffe Business Park on 5th November 2010, burned for more than four days and destroyed 7,500 pallets of aerosols and beauty products. It wiped out 25%...

Colin McNeillie's gallery of action pictures from Newton Aycliffe's 2-0 win at home to Sunderland RCA below. Click here to read our Match Report. ...