By Glen Robertson One of the torchbearers through Newton Aycliffe admits to being “taken aback” with the support she received at this weekend’s Olympic torch relay through the region. Sophie Hughes (pictured above), from Bishop Auckland, picked up the flame just after the Blue Bridge on Sunday in front of her family, friends, her...

A project to help families through difficult times is encouraging people to take part. Strengthening families is a seven week programme for families with ten to 14-year-olds where behaviour management is becoming difficult. Run by Sure Start, the course engages families in problem solving, learning about rules and consequences and...

The next Woodham Ward PACT meeting will be held next week. The meeting will be held on Monday June 25, at Woodham Community Centre, St Elizabeth close, at 6pm. 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 Neighbourhood Policing...

By Glen Robertson Two Newton Aycliffe schools are teaming up to introduce young students to samba music. Woodham Community Technology College and St Francis’ Primary School are hoping the children introduced to the genre can perform for the well-established Woodham Samba Band. Staff and students from Woodham are running weekly...

By Glen Robertson James Askew won the annual Newton Aycliffe 10k for the second successive year, on the day the Olympic torch visited the town. Askew, who runs for Durham City Harriers, finished with a time of 32 minutes and 18 seconds to finish just one second ahead of 2010 winner James Bulman. Rosie Smith, from the Durham Harriers,...

Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… DAY TWELVE REVIEW England 1-0 Ukraine Sweden 2-0 France England are through to the quarter-finals, and they have avoided Spain. Great, right?  Well, we’ll see. It was a professional job by England, but it could...

By Glen Robertson The further development of partnership work will lead to more employment opportunities for 18 to 24-year-olds in County Durham, the council will hear later this month. Research into the current support available to increase young people’s employment opportunities in County Durham has been carried out, at the request...

Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… DAY ELEVEN REVIEW Spain 1-0 Croatia Italy 2-0 Ireland Another tense and thrilling end to a group, as Spain and Italy just about progress to the quarter-finals.  But it could have been so different. A last minute...

Thousands of people lined the streets of Newton Aycliffe and Middridge as the Olympic torch paid a visit during its North-East leg of the tour.  Here's our image gallery - see if you can spot yourself in the crowds! A big thanks to Colin McNeille, Ian Robertson (Middridge), Ryan Gillham, David Stocks, Cathie Pickering and Andrew Robson who...

By Glen Robertson Thousands of people lined the streets of Newton Aycliffe and Middridge as the Olympic torch paid a visit during its North-East leg of the tour. The 70-day relay is taking in the entire country, with 8,000 torchbearers carrying the flame on its journey to the Olympic Stadium in London. The Olympics hasn’t been held...