March 16th, 201605237Police are warning residents to be vigilant after a spate of burglaries in Newton Aycliffe.
In his latest blog on Aycliffe Today, Neighbourhood Police Team Inspector Mark Edwards revealed six different streets have been targeted in the last fortnight.
“We have seen a rise in the occurrence of burglaries over the last couple of...
March 16th, 201602532There will be no changes to bin collections in County Durham during the Easter Bank Holiday.
This includes refuse, recycling and garden waste collections (for those who have signed up to the scheme).
Households who have collections on a Friday are therefore reminded to still put their bins out on Good Friday (March...
March 15th, 201602545Yarm 0, Newton Aycliffe 38
Newton Aycliffe bounced back from their first defeat of the season at South Shields to win comfortably in Yarm.
On first view the playing condition looked perfect, sunny blue cloudless skies, no wind and a reasonably flat if not very small pitch. On closer inspection the pitch although green was a...
March 15th, 201601966Globetrotting students raised more than £350 to help fund an international school trip by packing bags for shoppers.
A group of Greenfield Community College pupils completed the fundraising stunt at Newton Aycliffe’s Tesco Extra store.
The students raised £353.47 from the bag-pack – which will go towards £1,495 they’re...
March 15th, 201602215Aycliffe Juniors had several games on what would have been the last day of the TJFA season for some was it not for the re-arranged fixtures to be played.
Some sides having several games left to play, this will give the players plenty of time to show off the new club merchandise on sale, proudly shown off by Tom (above).
The Under...
March 14th, 201602572Young mechanic Luke Reynolds has won a senior role with local garage Gregg Little Testing Centre after being awarded Aycliffe Business Park’s Apprenticeship of the Year award.
The teenager beat off competition from apprentices at the likes of Gestamp Tallent and Hitachi Rail Europe to scoop the accolade at the Make Your Mark...
March 14th, 201602953A Newton Aycliffe fire officer ran 48 miles in a day at the weekend to raise money for the Fire Fighters Charity.
Rob Cherrie joined chief fire officer (CFO) for County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service Stuart Errington and officers Phil Innis and Dan Wootton in the ultra challenge on Sunday.
They ran 48 miles from...
March 14th, 201602581Newton Aycliffe-based supplier of subsea cable protection Tekmar has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Barry Cooper as operations manager.
Bringing more than 15 years of experience in the offshore sector, Barry has served in several senior management and leadership roles in businesses including Technip...
March 14th, 201605295Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Inspector Mark Edwards returns with the Aycliffe Blue Blog...
Hello all, from out of the void comes another blog from yours truly here at the Neighbourhood Policing Team. I’ve been quiet of late and for that I do apologise.
THE NEWS: I return with some doom and gloom news unfortunately. You may...
March 14th, 201602465Newcastle Benfield 2, Newton Aycliffe 1
By Bob Wood
Newton Aycliffe returned to action after yet another weather break with a disappointing loss at Newcastle Benfield.
The game was played on a heavy pitch which had seen an abandonment just three days earlier but fortunately had recovered sufficiently to allow the match to go...
