November 25th, 201603395Students at Woodham Academy pulled out all the stops for their visit from Pudsey bear last week.
The school celebrated Children In Need by organising a dress up day, a raffle for a beautiful Pudsey cake made by Chef, Linda Vipond, and a giant Pudsey bear teddy, a teachers vs students football match, a dance- off and having Pudsey...
November 25th, 201601817Here’s your round-up from Aycliffe Running Club...
Mark Wade participated in Hellvellyn 10k trail race, which is part of the Lakeland Trail series. The conditions on the day were cold but sunny; ideal running weather. Mark completed the race in an impressive time of 37:39 and placed 2nd overall.
Four members of the club turned...
November 24th, 201602179Around 50 people gathered for Aycliffe Business Park Community’s latest news and networking session.
The event, held at the Xcel Centre on Aycliffe Business Park on Thursday morning, was open to firms across County Durham and included a number of first-time visitors both from inside and outside Aycliffe.
Attendees were updated...
November 24th, 201604741A woman from Newton Aycliffe is one of eight people to be prosecuted by Durham County Council for dropping litter.
The council took three men and five women to court under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce enviro-crime in the county.
All of them – including 51-year-old Evelyn Anne...
November 23rd, 201602613A Newtonian who has worked her way up to a senior management position with supermarket giant Asda has been recognised for her achievements in business.
Alex Newbould (above, centre) won the business category of the national Women of the Future (WOF) awards in London.
The ceremony, now in its 11th year, celebrates the best of...
November 23rd, 201602193Community cash could improve parking problems in a Newton Aycliffe housing estate.
Next week’s Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) board meeting will consider three new projects which have been submitted by local councillors John Clare, Mike Dixon and Joan Gray.
One of the projects is a response to increasing parking...
November 22nd, 201601912A local youth project is starting to benefit from funding received from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP).
The Foundation of Light’s ‘Mini Kickers’ and ‘Kicks’ initiatives, which support young people living in the GAMP area, have recently benefitted from a small grant received from the GAMP Capital Small Grants...
November 22nd, 201601786Aycliffe Juniors football teams had a mixed weekend with some cancellations of away games due to the inclement weather and others enjoying their home games at Sunnydale.
The Under 7's (pictured) are proving to be unstoppable this season and gained an impressive 14-2 win at Billingham this week. Alex was on top form and scored a superb...
November 21st, 201601704Time is running out for people to have their say on proposals to introduce new dog control measures in County Durham.
A consultation on plans to establish a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for Dog Control is due to close on Monday, 5 December.
And Durham County Council is encouraging everyone to have their say on the proposed...
November 21st, 201601961Newton Aycliffe 1, North Shields 2
Newton Aycliffe gave league-leaders North Shields a good test, despite having four key players missing.
Both sides tried to play good football throughout the match, but it was the Robins who dominated the first half, going in at the break 2-0 up.
They came out strongly from the start, and James...
