April 4th, 201702467By Ron Eyley
The management team at St Teresa’s Hospice in Darlington have announced a strategic plan with a difference for the next three years.
Unlike many organisation leaders who traditionally reveal ambitious hopes and plans in their visions for the future, they admit to having no intention whatever to embark on any radical...
April 4th, 201712460With many of the Aycliffe Juniors teams league season's coming in to their last few games. This week saw another round of fixtures for our sides looking to secure the best possible league placing.
On Friday evening our development squad for 4-6 year olds enjoyed a series of mini games against Heighington. The players had a great time...
April 3rd, 201722541Road resurfacing work is to be carried out at Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor.
Durham County Council is to undertake resurfacing at Aycliffe Business Park and on the A688 at Spennymoor, with the work starting this week.
The work at Newton Aycliffe will take place from Sunday (April 2) to Friday (April 7).
Resurfacing will be...
April 3rd, 201702098South Shields 4, Newton Aycliffe 0
Despite going down to a 4-0 defeat to South Shields last week, Aycliffe could still hold their heads high after giving a plucky performance against a high-calibre side in front of a crowd of 1,237.
The kick-off was delayed for 30 minutes as a result of a floodlight failure. This seemed to affect...
April 1st, 201745765Newton Aycliffe will today fall into complete darkness during a spectacular full eclipse of the sun.
Scientists say the blackout will only affect the South West area of County Durham during the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon, known as a Polar Foil.
A group of Pagan worshipers from Wiltshire are set to descend on the town for the...
March 31st, 201722086Three local councillors have started their election campaign with a promotional video.
Cllr John D Clare, whose Facebook blog has nearly 1,600 followers, has recently started vlogging (online video blogs).
Edited by his son, the promotional video – which can be seen here – showcases the achievements of Cllr Clare and his County...
March 31st, 201713603A hair dressing team which specialises in extensions continues to grow after adding a new member to its team.
Globetrotting Chloe Ladbury has joined Lox of Love on Aycliffe Business Park after a 10-month tour around the world.
The 25-year-old – pictured above (centre) with the firm’s managing director Victoria Cartwright and...
March 31st, 201702040One of the men behind the new University Technical College concept visited the North-East’s first UTC on Aycliffe Business Park.
Former Education Secretary Lord Kenneth Baker is one of the founding partners of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust.
He, along with Lord Dearing, had a vision to fill a gap that they had seen develop...
March 31st, 201722617Newton Aycliffe manufacturer PWS celebrated a double success after picking up two award in successive weeks.
The leading kitchen distributor and bespoke worksurface manufacturer won the Manufacturing Award at the Durham, South Tyneside and Sunderland heat of the North East Business Awards.
PWS beat off competition from Siemens to...
March 30th, 201702760Hartlepool TDSOB 7, Newton Aycliffe 1st XV 33
Newton Aycliffe 1st XV moved a step closer to league glory with a comfortable win in Hartlepool last Saturday.
The last encounter between the two sides ended in a near-on century scored for Aycliffe, however, as with many teams, squads fielded at home are often stronger than those which...
