Durham County Council's cabinet member for economic regeneration says he's yet to be convinced that a retail park in Newton Aycliffe could work. We asked Cllr Foster about retail provision in Newton Aycliffe, amid Great Aycliffe Town Council's Neighbourhood Plan, which is canvassing opinions from local residents. Go to our Video Vault to...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe residents are reminded that the opportunity to get wristbands for the free ‘ticket only’ fireworks display start this weekend. Great Aycliffe Town Council confirmed last month it was staging the display this year for Aycliffe residents only after it was scrapped in 2013 for safety reasons. The fun,...

Newton Aycliffe residents are reminded that the final garden waste collections for this year take place between 28th October and 7th November. Exact collection days can be checked by putting your postcode into “My Durham” on Durham County Council’s website www.durham.gov.uk So far this year, almost 20,000 tonnes of garden waste has...

Students at Woodham Academy have been busy appointing their new school council following a series of tutor group elections. A total of 60 students, two from each tutor group, were democratically elected to represent their peers. In many cases the competition was tough with students presenting pre-election speeches. If that wasn’t...

Newton Ayliffe boss Peter Dixon is hoping to add to his first point achieved in midweek with his first win at Morpeth this weekend. Aycliffe travel to the eighth-placed Northern League first division side hoping to climb out of the bottom three. Hometown striker Warren Byrne is expected to make his third debut for the club after joining...

Woodham Academy’s American Football team played its second game of the season in the American High School League of Europe Division 2, against the Baumholder Buccaneers, from Baumholder US Army Base in Germany. Woodham, playing alongside Menwith Hill High school, got off to a great start, recovering a fumble, with an ever potent offense...

The boss of one of the North-East's biggest companies returned to his roots in Newton Aycliffe - then said pies were the highlight of his time here! Mike Matthews, managing director of Eaglescliffe-based Nifco UK Ltd and honorary vice president of the NECC, was one of the keynote speakers at the Durham Oktoberfest event in Aycliffe on...

Newton Aycliffe-based media firm Mantis Media is launching an exciting new publication for the Teesside area. The publishers of Aycliffe Today is expanding by starting a new B2B business magazine modelled on the successful, award-winning Aycliffe Today Business. Tees Business will also have 36 pages and will be a high-quality production...

We're finishing off the next issue of Aycliffe Today Business - and there are some last-minute deals to be had! Aycliffe Today Business is the award-winning business magazine for Aycliffe Business Park. With a circulation of 2,500, and one copy being mailed direct to 250 businesses on the park, we publish six issues a year. We're...

By Martin Walker Durham County Councillor Neil Foster says business in County Durham is strong and healthy. Cllr Foster is the local authority's cabinet member for economic regeneration, and we spoke to him at Durham Oktoberfest - the manufacturing and engineering exhibition - on Aycliffe Business Park on Thursday. After seeing a...