By Martin Walker A 10-year-old Newton Aycliffe girl spotted a spelling mistake missed by blundering Tesco staff. Tesco Extra, in Newton Aycliffe, organised a competition for school pupils to design posters celebrating what they love most about their home town. But an embarrassing spelling mistake on the bag was missed, until spotted...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe are looking to round off November with a fourth victory of the month as they travel to Guisborough. After a wretched start to the campaign, the Newtonians have found some momentum over the past three weeks and perhaps go into the game against the Priorymen as slight favourites. Nothing would have been...

By Martin Walker Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has credited current Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson for helping him “learn the value of teamwork”. Mr Blair was due to make a keynote speech in Aycliffe last Friday, at a high-profile event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sedgefield Constituency, at the Xcel Centre on...

An exciting new FREE business magazine for Newton Aycliffe is now available! Aycliffe Today Business, a specific B2B publication produced by Mantis Media in association with Splash Print Management, will start going out across Aycliffe Business Park (ABP) from Thursday. Every business on ABP will receive a copy in the post, with the...

Our panel of three football writers give their predictions on Newton Aycliffe’s game this weekend… Three points are awarded if our ‘experts’ pick the exact score, 1 point awarded if they get the result correct. Martin and Paul clawed ground back on fence-sitting Glen last week, by both predicting victories over Team...

The next PACT (Police And Communities Together) meeting for the Woodham Ward will be held on Monday (26th November) from 6pm at Woodham Community Centre, St Elizabeth’s Close. Durham Constabulary is dedicated to making your neighbourhood safer. If you have any issues affecting your quality of life and want to discuss it with your...

A Greenfield School pupil has been awarded for his bravery and resilience in the face of traumatic health problems. Conor Radford, a year seven pupil at Greenfield Community College in the town, was awarded an ITV Brave Heart Award at a prestigious ceremony at St James' Park in Newcastle. Over the last six years, the 11-year-old, who...

An initiative to tackle stray horses in part of County Durham is rounding up a feast of rewards. The initiative has not only improved road safety and horse welfare, it has also led to the team responsible being nominated for two national awards. The operation was a joint Durham Constabulary and Durham County Council response to the horse...

A group of year nine students from Woodham Academy recently visited Nissan UK in Sunderland. The students visited the plant to investigate possible career paths in the Engineering and Manufacturing sector. While at the plant students got to meet a number of engineers working for the company and find out about their careers and job...

South Durham businesses can book their places for a networking breakfast to get top tips on better ways to drive to save fuel and increase efficiency. It is all part of being asked to do the Local Motion, a new green transport initiative delivered by Durham County Council. Companies will be giving top tips on how they can radically...