Newton Aycliffe’s two cricket fixtures were washed out by the rain on Saturday. Aycliffe’s first team were due to play Darlington’s second team at home in the NYSD Division Two on Saturday, while our second team were scheduled to play Guisborough’s seconds away. But both fixtures fell four of the weather. This week’s senior...

A Newton Aycliffe-based charity has launched a new befriending research project to target mental health needs across the region. Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP), a health and wellbeing charity, are underway creating a befriending focused insight that will engage with professionals, organisations and service users in and around County...

The balance of power has moved away from the Labour Party in Newton Aycliffe after the Lib Dems took six seats in the 2021 elections. With 13 Labour councillors out of 30 voted in by the Aycliffe electorate, the party no longer holds a majority, although is still the party with the most number of representatives. But Aycliffe's 11...

Lib Dem candidates Michael Stead and Nev Jones have rocked local Labour with shock wins in the 2021 Durham County Council elections. The pair stormed to comfortable victories in their Aycliffe wards, with both taking seats from Labour. Popular community champion Nev – co-owner of Aycliffe bus firm J&C Coaches – stormed to a...

Newton Aycliffe’s town clerk will spend his final day at the helm this week after stepping into retirement. Andrew Bailey will work his last day at Great Aycliffe Town Council on Friday after 32 years with the local authority – 15 of which as town clerk. The experienced local government officer has enjoyed a colourful career which has...

As we await the Durham County Council election results due on Friday afternoon, it has been a bad night for the Labour Party in other areas of the North-East. In Sedgefield’s neighbouring seat of Hartlepool, which had been held by Labour for more than 50 years, the Conservatives stormed to victory as Jill Mortimer (pictured above) was...

Elections were taking place in Newton Aycliffe on Thursday for the county council, Police and Crime Commissioner and town council wards. Results of the various elections are expected to come in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Aycliffe Today will be reporting live from Spennymoor Leisure Centre all day Friday, when we’re expecting the...

By Paul Dalton A fairly quiet week for racing began on Thursday, April 29, when Paul Dalton made the short journey to participate in the Cockfield Chase Fell Race. Starting with a 3.5K social run, which served as a recce of the course, the ‘race proper’ commenced with a ‘rolling start’ as runners crossed the start line once again....

Greenfield Arts will welcome Darlington Association of Photographers to The Greenfield Gallery for a five-week exhibition starting later this month. The exhibition will include more than 70 pieces of work which explores local areas and those features on the limits, including picturesque landscapes, historic industries, townships and...

A County Durham-headquartered gym business is coming out of lockdown in good shape after opening its biggest ever fitness facility with the help of a six-figure investment from the North East Growth Capital Fund Loan Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund. OneGym has launched a new 20,000 sq ft fitness facility on the UK...