Eight Year 10 BTEC Sport students from Woodham Academy were selected to officiate the games of a local primary school football competition, run by the Go Well, Competition and School Games Organisers. Over 170 primary school students from 14 different primary schools arrived at the Newton Aycliffe Sports Ground ready to play, learn and have...

Aycliffe tech firm Excelpoint has won the North East Business and Product Innovation Award in the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Celebrating Small Business Awards. The firm's CEO Ian Brown received the gong at an event held at the Newcastle Gateshead Marriott Hotel this week. “I am delighted and surprised to be receiving this award...

By Paul Blythe A round up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section… Under 9’s Blacks – Travelled to Riverside Juniors Madrid, Aycliffe found the going tough in the first half, but improved in the second half with Jarrod scoring a volley. Fin scored a penalty for Aycliffe, but it wasn’t enough. MOTM was Jarrod for...

A resilience building service has launched in County Durham to give communities support to move forward. The dedicated County Durham Covid-19 Resilience Team connect with people struggling with the devastating effects of the pandemic, including those suffering from increased anxiety, isolation, loss of loved ones and more. Donna Sheavills,...

Quick-thinking control room staff have been honoured for helping to save a woman in danger more than 3,000 miles away in Canada. Call handler Fiona Barker was only on her second shift operating Durham Constabulary’s online Live Chat facility when she received a message from a distressed woman reporting an intruder trying to get into her...

Partners in an ambitious new development which positions Teesside firmly at the heart of the green industrial revolution came together this week to mark the beginning of the build and highlight the importance the project will have on the region and beyond. Located at the expanding Tees Valley Net Zero Innovation Hub, the £13.1m Net Zero...

Twenty arrests, £700,000-worth of drugs seized, weapons recovered and children protected. Just some of the results from a police operation to crackdown on drugs gangs preying on vulnerable adults and children across County Durham and Darlington last week. Officers struck with a string of County Lines operations and executed more than a...

Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has welcomed a package of national reforms giving PCCs a stronger role to play in tackling reoffending. The second part of the Home Office's PCC Review, announced this week, gives Police and Crime Commissioners the ability to work across the Criminal Justice System to cut crime, drugs misuse and...

The Government’s Exports Minister says he was impressed by one of the North-East region’s biggest employers during a visit to the site. Mike Freer MP, who was appointed Exports Minister in 2021, visited global automotive manufacturer Gestamp on Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe. Mr Freer heard from Gestamp’s local and...

Sunderland RCA 2, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Bob Wood There was last gasp heartbreak for Newton Aycliffe as they fall to their second defeat in four days. Following Wednesday night's Durham Challenge Cup semi-final exit at the hands of Crook Town, the Newtonians were back on the road on Saturday visiting Sunderland RCA in the Ebac Northern...