Several community groups gathered to create a special pop-up shop in Aycliffe town centre last weekend. Organisations including Neville Community Association, Acorn Community Association, Junction 7, Junior Neighbourhood Watch, New friends New Places and Horndale Community Association held it to showcase the great work they carry out across the...

Sixth form students have been praised after A-level results across County Durham improved yet again. Overall attainment in the county has improved year-on-year since 2016, with many schools and colleges reporting an overall increase in both the numbers of students achieving A* to B grades and getting into their first-choice...

High-profile entrepreneur and former model Heather Mills has been revealed as the keynote speaker for this year’s EMCN event on Aycliffe Business Park. Visionary businesswoman Ms Mills has expanded her international award-winning plant based vegan company VBites by opening two sites in the North East, which increases the presance to a total...

By Donna Campbell This week the racing began on Monday with Alan Wilks making the journey to South Shields for their monthly mile. Alan completed this mile in 6 mins 33 seconds. On Wednesday night Richard Campbell travelled to Gateshead International stadium to take part in the final meeting of the North East Grand Prix where he ran in the...

Over 150 families attended this year’s Big Latch On event to celebrate and educate on all things breastfeeding. The Global Big Latch On was part of World Breastfeeding Week, Thursday to Wednesday August 1-7, with events taking place at registered locations around the world, as people gathered together to breastfeed and offer peer support to...

Shower screen manufacturer Roman has secured £2m funding from HSBC to potentially double the size of its production facilities on Aycliffe Business Park. Strong sales and international growth for the Aycliffe shower enclosure company means their current rented site lacks capacity to meet predicted demand in export markets. Roman currently...

A range of community groups and organisations are celebrating after being awarded community cash from the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). GAMP have an annual budget of £100,000 available, and invited applications for projects from community and voluntary or not-for-profit organisations. Project proposals had to be delivered...

Ticket barriers could be removed with new technology being developed and trialled by Aycliffe manufacturer Hitachi Rail. Prototype technology currently being tested could use sensors on trains to detect an app on passengers’ smartphones as they board. There would be no need to remove the phone from pockets or bags and no need for station...

A young mother has praised the police and the Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) for coming to her aid after a forest walk went wrong. Jess Tinsley, 24, had gone on a walk in Hamsterley Forest with her partner, Kieran Parkinson and friend Dan Curry, after work at about 7pm on Sunday night (August 11). The Newton...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Northallerton Town 2 By Dave Stickland Newton Aycliffe went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 2-0 at home to Northallerton Town. They started positively, and had Northallerton pinned in their own half for most of the first half hour. Dean Thexton put a header wide five minutes in, and Kevin Carr had a low...