Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club have returned to indoor training in preparation for the 2023 season which starts next April. All of the individual sections of the cricket club, including the juniors, senior males and females are now training in various venues in Newton Aycliffe and Darlington as the look to be ready for the new season. Newton...

Councillors at Durham County Council are to hear a new action plan to address a decline in biodiversity. The local authority’s cabinet will be presented with a plan to address an ecological emergency which was declared by the authority in April. The Ecological Emergency Action Plan (EEAP) focuses on three key areas where changes are...

Newton Aycliffe 5, Thornaby 0 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe comfortably beat bottom placed Thornaby at the SecuriCorp Stadium on Saturday. The crowd were treated to an emphatic display by Brian Atkinson's side with Eddie Thomas and Liam Jarvie getting two goals each. The win took Aycliffe to 39 points, maintaining fourth place in Ebac...

Students from Woodham Academy continue to visit Hamsterley Forest after school on a Friday evening. There are a wide variety of challenging red graded mountain bike trails that the students continue to enjoy. On average, students cover about 10 miles and the mix of challenging climbs,followed by exhilarating descents, bring a thoroughly...

With darker nights and more wintry weather, residents are being urged to report highways issues to help keep the county moving. Durham County Council is delivering its annual programme of work to maintain the county’s roads and footpaths, with teams from across the authority also on standby to deal with any emergencies caused by bad weather....

Non-urgent police queries can now be submitted online 24 hours a day thanks to the expansion of Durham Constabulary’s 101 Live Chat facility. From today, the force’s 101 Live Chat will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week; previously the service was only available daily from 9am to 6pm. The function allows members of the...

By Berni Borsberry With over half our teams having no scheduled game or having their match postponed, those that did play had a mixed bag of results Middlesbrough 0 v 1 U12 Girls Middlesbrough put Aycliffe under a lot of pressure throughout the game. However, the girls coped well, dealing with the pressure and kept on searching for...

Eight Year 10 BTEC Sport students from Woodham Academy were selected to assist with the running of a primary school indoor athletics event. The event was run by ‘Go Well’, who are organisers of school sports competitions and games. A number of local primary schools entered the indoor athletics event at Aycliffe Leisure Centre, ready...

By Paul Blythe Here’s a round-up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section… Under 7’s Juniors –Played against Washington NSG FC Cobras. The team stayed focused throughout the game and played some great football, with goals from Lincoln, Colton, Felix & Reign. MOTM went to Felix who had great all-round...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner/leader to ask them 20 questions about a variety of subjects. In our latest issue, we feature Penny Gordon. Penny and husband Paul own and run The Fish Tank on Aycliffe Business Park – winners of the Best Newcomer category...