April 28th, 201705211A Newton Aycliffe man has launched an ambitious bid to bring back the once traditional Great Aycliffe Show.
Married father-of-three Russ Gibson wants to relaunch the annual event, which was dropped by Aycliffe Town Council in 2015 due to budget cuts and replaced with smaller festivals around the town, in the summer of 2018.
The...
April 27th, 201703350The two secondary schools in Newton Aycliffe could lose up to 19 teachers between them as part of stinging Tory cuts to the education system.
A new funding formula set out by the Conservative government will lead to redundancies, it was claimed during a heated Parliamentary debate.
And Aycliffe is set to be hit hard by the...
April 27th, 201703001A week-long crackdown on speeding drivers saw almost 80 drivers per day caught going too fast across Cleveland, County Durham and Darlington.
The Cleveland and Durham joint specialist operations unit (CDSOU) launched the operation on Monday, April 17, in support of a Europe-wide campaign aimed at reducing speeds and improving safety...
April 27th, 201713141Newton Aycliffe Rugby Club have shown an incredible turn around in form over the past five years, going from a club close to folding to a thriving hub of rugby with two successful teams.
This was no more evident than at their ‘promotion party’ last Saturday, where over 50 players took to the pitch representing NARUFC.
The...
April 27th, 201702175There will be no changes to bin collections in County Durham over the two bank holiday weeks in May.
Householders should put out their refuse, recycling and garden waste bins at the kerbside as normal during both bank holiday weeks, commencing Monday, 1 May and Monday, 29 May 2017.
Anyone wanting to find out their bin collection...
April 26th, 201702288Ryanair has celebrated the start of its Newcastle summer 2017 schedule and the first flights on its new routes to Barcelona Girona, Faro, Madrid and Palma.
Ryanair’s Newcastle summer 2017 schedule, its biggest ever, includes 12 routes, with more flights to holiday hotspots Alicante and Malaga, and new summer services to Lanzarote...
April 26th, 201702268Families are being invited to discover their ancestors through a series of sessions at Durham County Record Office.
Over the next two months, the Record Office’s Branching Out programme will explore civilians in the Second World War, how to trace ancestors before 1800 and electoral registers.
Dawn Layland, education and outreach...
April 25th, 201702320A Newton Aycliffe business has secured more than a million pounds’ worth of investment from a major private equity firm.
Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) has received a £1.1m boost from Maven Capital Partners, a prominent UK private equity house, and worked alongside another local business, Stockton-based Endeavour Partnership, to...
April 25th, 201702932Police are appealing for information after a window was damaged in Newton Aycliffe.
The incident occurred between midnight and 8.15am on Friday (April 21) on Arlington Road.
Police are appealing to anyone in the area to contact them if they saw anything suspicious or heard or saw any persons acting suspiciously.
Anyone with any...
April 25th, 201701993A round-up of the cricket season’s opening fixtures for Aycliffe’s cricket teams...
Saturday 22nd April – NYSD Division 2
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Wolviston 1st XI – weather was dry and sunny. Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Wolviston 1st XI 200 for 7 after 50 overs
Sean Morgan 3 for 25, Michael Howe 1...
