The football season continued for many of the Aycliffe Juniors teams who enjoyed games over the weekend. The Under 6’s continued their development in preparation for joining the league next season. This week they played in joint training sessions with three teams from Hetton and really enjoyed the opportunity. The Under 7’s Juniors also...

One of the aims of the More Able Academy is to break down barriers and access to Higher Education. One way in which this is done is by engaging with local universities, including Durham University. Sixteen year 7 More Able Academy students visited Palace Green Library at Durham to take part in workshops with Durham4schools. These sessions...

Communities and individuals across County Durham and Darlington are being urged to become Litter Heroes by joining the annual ‘Big Spring Clean’. LitterFree Durham & Darlington, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, has once again teamed up with Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council to inspire local residents,...

The boss of a company which helps other firms train HGV drivers says the logistics could be heading for another recruitment problem this year as key qualifications are due to expire. As part of new legislation introduced in 2009, all drivers of vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes had to undertake the classroom-based training by 2014. The...

Stockton Town 2, Newton Aycliffe 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to Stockton Town and earned a respectable 2-2 draw after being 2-0 down with 20 minutes to go. Stockton went into the game on a six-game winning streak, but Aycliffe matched them for long periods and fully deserved the draw. Stockton started brightly and...

Looked after children are set to receive exciting new reading packs, with the hope of inspiring them to fall in love with books. Durham County Council’s Virtual School, working in partnership with Durham Learning Resources, has designed a reading pack called Curious Kids that will be delivered to the homes of children in care. Intended for...

A young Dad who migrated to Teesside with few qualifications has engineered himself a new future after studying hard and landing a sought-after job. Adam Juma, originally from Tanzania, came to the UK from Sudan and started a cleaning job at Middlesbrough College to support his family. Juggling being a father of four children aged between...

By Donna Campbell After a few quiet weeks it was a full return to racing last weekend. Starting with the local Parkruns on Saturday morning two members achieved PB’s at the Darlington Parkrun. Lisa Dowell in 34.51 and Jan McLuckie in 34.52. On Saturday afternoon it was the next cross country race in the NEHL, this one taking place at...

A Newton Aycliffe resident says he plans to relaunch a bid to bring the Great Aycliffe Show back after claiming the local council has “moved the goalposts”. Councillors have given the go-ahead to a four-day circus on land at the Sports Complex in May this year – despite the application being incomplete. Resident Russ Gibson’s attempt...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Whitley Bay 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe went out of the League Cup at the quarter-final stage with an injury-time sucker-punch at home to Whitley Bay on Tuesday night. The entertaining tie could have gone either way, but it was the Seahorses who took it when they converted an injury time penalty. Aycliffe...