Newton Aycliffe police are appealing for information after an attempted burglary. Officers say the suspects smashed a window panel and tried to gain entry to a garage in the Simpasture area, some time between 8pm on Monday 6th October and 6pm on Tuesday 7th October. Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101.  ...

Community groups in the Newton Aycliffe and Middridge are set to benefit from a new pot of funding dedicated to organisations working with children and young people. Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership (GAMP) and the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) will be launching the ‘Small Grants Fund for Children & Young People’ at the...

Funding has been secured to offer vital cycle training to 1,000 extra children in County Durham. Durham County Council has been awarded £20,000 by the Department for Transport to deliver Bikeability sessions to primary school pupils in Year 3. The training is provided in three progressive stages with levels one and two normally...

Students and staff have spent half a day in one of the six Newton Aycliffe-based companies participating in the Apprenticeship Awareness programme at Woodham Academy. The students have gained insights into how some of the region’s biggest, brightest and best employers are facing up to the challenges of a tough economic climate. They...

By Paul McGeary Peter Dixon showed no sign of ending his recruitment drive as he signed three more players before Newton Aycliffe’s game with Durham City at the weekend, bringing his total of new faces to seven in his first week in charge. West Auckland midfielder Liam Henderson, Shildon defender Mark Stephenson and Bedlington Terriers...

Aycliffe Today writer Zoe Skerrett reviews the first live shows weekend of the X Factor... What a first week of live shows! I spent the week itching to know who had been given any extra shot in the competition and was hoping to see Kerrianne Covell back - unfortunately that was not the case though. Other judges chose the four wild cards...

Durham City 3, Newton Aycliffe 2 By Paul McGeary Newton Aycliffe went down by the odd goal in five, but deserved something from the game as they outplayed hosts Durham City for the second period, having gone in 3-2 down at half-time on Saturday. Boss Peter Dixon signed three more players before kick-off – bringing a total of seven...

Students at Woodham Academy continue to benefit from the significant investment that has out into state-of-the-art ICT facilities. The Academy proudly boasts almost 400 Windows machines, all of which are less than three-years-old, which equates to a ratio of more than one machine to two students. In addition, the Academy’s ‘Mac...

Competitive club swimmers from Woodham Sports Academy took part in the English Schools Swimming Association North East Trials recently. The event was held at Durham City Freeman Quay and hosted schools from all over the North East of England to compete in medley and freestyle relays, with the squad was a mixture of year 7 and 8 girls, and...

By Martin Walker He'd just kept another clean sheet for his new club, Blackburn Rovers. And with his proud parents watching from the Ewood Park stands, it should have been a memorable day. But after the 0-0 draw with Huddersfield last Saturday, joy quickly turned to sorrow. Boro 'keeper Steele, on a season-long loan with Blackburn,...