Green-fingered volunteers can get their hands on funding up to £500 for schemes to spruce-up their local areas. The “It’s Your Neighbourhood” campaign, a joint project between Durham County Council and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), has the money available for everything from planting flowers to litter picks. It was...

PD Ports has welcomed the arrival of the first Freightliner train at Teesport’s new intermodal rail terminal as part of a £3m investment to improve connectivity. The first train arrived on Saturday 15th November, signifying the creation of new intermodal connections from Teesport to Felixstowe and Southampton. Opportunities for the...

Newton Aycliffe police have released images from CCTV footage showing a man they'd like to speak to. Officers told Aycliffe Today they are investigating an incident which happened in the town centre between 9.30pm and 9.55pm on Saturday 22nd November. "We are hoping that someone can identify this male to greatly further our...

In a rare media opportunity, Gestamp Tallent's Plant Director PETER GALLONE talks to Aycliffe Today Business editor MARTIN WALKER about recent successes and its plans for the future... Gestamp Tallent is Aycliffe Business Park's biggest success story. The company has grown hugely in the last three years, increasing turnover, output and...

Woodham Academy has always had a strong swimming tradition and has excellent links to Sedgefield 75 and Sedgefield Water Polo Club. Over the past few weeks Woodham Academy students have had tremendous success both in water polo and swimming. Woodham Academy water polo players are currently enjoying tremendous success in the pool. Since...

Construction and development specialist Southdale has added two new people to its North-East team as they take their first steps on the career ladder. Sarah Dannatt and Lewis Minter have become the latest young people to join the team, which has recently moved into new office space on the Aycliffe Business Park. Sarah, 20, from...

Shildon The Crossings 2, Aycliffe Sports Club 6 By Paul Eales Another away game and another victory for Newton Aycliffe Sports Club which now sees them starting to close the gap on the teams at the top and pulling away from the teams in the bottom half of the league. The first game of the season saw the Sports Club surrender a 5-1...

Zoe Skerrett continues her weekly review of the popular TV talent show... Down to the final five, this is where the competition gets tough. The weekend we saw the X Factor kick off with their jukebox week; each act had two songs picked for them – one by the public and one by a celebrity. Kicking off the show was Ben accompanied by...

Retail provision is the talk of Aycliffe Business Park. Is it needed? Tim Francis delivers his verdict... From coffee shops to fancy bistros... clothing retailers to DIY stores... or even just somewhere to grab a sandwich... retail provision on Aycliffe Business Park is decidedly lacking. There's said to be 9,000 people working here, and...

By Martin Walker Tony Blair returned to Newton Aycliffe this week - and we brought you an exclusive video interview with the former Prime Minister. Mr Blair dropped into Woodham Academy to officially launch a partnership between his Sports Foundation and Woodham's Sports Academy. The ex-Sedgefield MP was accompanied by Stephen Miller,...