December 19th, 201602133A variety of teams from Aycliffe Juniors played their last competitive fixtures of 2016 over the weekend and we witnessed some great performances and bizarre moments to end the calendar year.
The Under 9's TJFA league team played against Billingham United and started brightly with Rhys hitting the post and Dom forcing a save. Rhys hit...
December 16th, 201602458Final preparations are underway for Santa and his team of volunteers to make their traditional tour of Newton Aycliffe, School Aycliffe and Aycliffe Village.
Santa is finding it increasingly difficult to make a large number of stops within each of his routes around the parish.
In recent years, there have been many requests from...
December 16th, 201602957A commercial finance company is expanding again after 55 years’ worth of banking experience joined its growing team.
Commercial Expert, based on Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe, has recently taken on new business manager Rod Dales and office administrator Susan Driver.
Rod (above, left), from Redcar, worked for the...
December 16th, 201603349Dan Mellanby says he’s more prepared to manage his hometown club after taking over in the dug-out along with Deano Browne last week.
They both took over as joint-managers this week after Peter Dixon’s departure – and are due to take charge of their first game at home to Guisborough Town on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
Mellanby...
December 15th, 201602488The manager of Defoe Court Care Home in Newton Aycliffe has been recognised for her work at a national awards ceremony.
Sarah Todd was named Rising Star of the Year at HC-One of a Kind Awards held at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester.
HC-One, which owns Defoe Court, is the UK’s third largest care home provider for older...
December 15th, 201601865An important item for discussion at the final meeting of Great Aycliffe Town Council before Christmas was ‘Hate Crime’.
Members received a presentation from local police on the subject from a local and national perspective.
This presentation coincidentally echoed an agenda item concerning a request from the County Durham...
December 15th, 201602203Newton Aycliffe manufacturer Ebac is taking its range of dehumidifiers international, with distribution in Belgium, Holland, Greece and Portugal already secured.
The company, which has been making dehumidifiers for the UK market for more than 40 years, with more than 1.25 million units sold, expects to add several more European...
December 14th, 201611600Chapter Homes proved it’s not just a great place for people by teaming up with a local nursery to build a hotel for bugs.
As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting the local environment, Chapter Homes and construction partner Gentoo Tolent invited children from Aycliffe Day Nursery to join them at its Eden Field development in...
December 14th, 201601735In the run-up to Christmas, Durham County Council is encouraging everyone to speak to their local credit union to avoid giving themselves the unwanted gift of debt this year.
With weekly payment stores charging several times the actual value of goods, and payday lenders offering easy money at exorbitant rates of interest, people are...
December 14th, 201611920Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says Hitachi Rail Europe’s first train to roll of its Newton Aycliffe production line is a real economic boost to the North East.
Mr Grayling attended a special event at Hitachi’s £82m factory, which opened 15 months ago, to celebrate the completion of the first Intercity Express Programme (IEP)...
