By Paul Blythe A round-up of football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section… Under 7’s – Travelled to Marton, who scored early, but Aycliffe did not let their heads drop and went on to dominate the game with goals from Joey (2), Theo, Lewis, and Cooper. Under 8’s Whites – Played Washington Athletic Santos in what was a very tight...

Newton Aycliffe-based Excelpoint has won the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Innovation Award for the North-East region. The announcement came at an awards event held at the prestigious Wynyard Hall Hotel, where Gary Swinburn, Excelpoint’s head of strategic partnerships, accepted the award on behalf of the team. The FSB Innovation...

By Steven Dawson It’s been another busy week for Aycliffe Running Club with the main focus, the final NYSD Cross Country meeting of the season with the relays as well as presentations. A special mention this week for John Burnside and Cath McDonnell who finished third in the series of races, in their age categories achieving a bronze...

County Durham and Newcastle will join forces to fly the flag for the North East at a forthcoming trade conference attended by major developers and investors. Representatives from Durham County Council and Invest Newcastle will exhibit at the UK Real Estate & Infrastructure Investment Forum (UKREiiF), which takes place in Leeds in...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Winterton Rangers 0 By Ryan Livingston Newton Aycliffe picked up another impressive home win against Winterton Rangers on Saturday. Brian Atkinson's side now haven't lost at home since early February and are in the play-off places as the season approaches the business end. The first chance came when Toby Pascoe...

Residents are being reminded of three elections taking place in County Durham in May. On Thursday, May 2, elections are taking place to appoint a Police and Crime Commissioner for the Durham Police area, which includes Durham and Darlington, and a Mayor for the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority. There will also be a local election...

Newton Aycliffe’s biggest employer is supporting the relaunch of the Aycliffe Business Make Your Mark Awards by being a category sponsor. Gestamp is sponsoring the Community Champions category for the awards event being held at Hardwick Hall Hotel on May 9. The car parts manufacturer joins Husqvarna, Ebac, Stiller Warehousing and...

By Paul Blythe A round-up of football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section... Under 7’s – Travelled to Stockton and played so good football, with goals from Alfie and James. Under 8’s Juniors – Had a great game against 21st Allstars, Aycliffe worked extremely hard all over the pitch with goals coming from Colton, Reuben, Linc, and...

The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) is proud to celebrate its success in prioritising the health and wellbeing of its staff. PCP has been recognised for ‘Maintaining Excellence’ award by the Better Health at Work Award (BHAWA) County Durham, showing that the health and wellbeing charity’s commitment to ‘Health, Wellbeing and Learning...

By Steven Dawson It has been a bit of a monumental week this week with some epic and momentous races taking place this week and members pushing their bodies to the limits with some remarkable performances. On Saturday, eight members travelled to Newcastle to take park in the Tyne Bridges to Boundaries Ultra. Just a few days before the...