A £650,000 footpath to link Newton Aycliffe and Shildon has officially been opened. Cyclists, pedestrians, families with pushchairs and children lined up to celebrate the official opening of the Locomotion Way. The three-metre wide path is two miles long and links the railway past and the future. The tarmacked path comes full circle...

A Macmillan Coffee Morning is being held at Neville Parade Community Hall on Saturday. The annual national fundraising event is billed as the world's biggest coffee morning, with events held on Friday and Saturday across the country. Local fundraiser Michelle Dodds is hoping to beat last year's total of £305 with this year's event at...

By Martin Walker New marketing agency thrive picked up the Heart of the Community award at the Make Your Mark event on Aycliffe Business Park. The award - the last of the night - was designed to celebrate excellence in corporate, social and ethical activity. It sought to "identify organisations which best exemplify the social and...

Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Policing team are conducting a bike marking event in the town this weekend. The latest crime prevention initiative is being held this Saturday (27th September) from 10am-1pm at Cycleways, Neville Parade. It's a great opportunity for cyclists to get their bike marked for free. "It's quick, easy and only...

Tesco has suspended four executives, including its UK managing director, after the supermarket overstated its half-year profit guidance by £250m. It has launched an investigation, while the supermarket chain - which has a store in Newton Aycliffe - says it is now working to establish the impact of the issue on its full-year...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe cricket team's season ended with a draw at Moore Lane on Saturday. Aycliffe's visitors Wolviston racked up a healthy 206 for three, with Matty Atkinson taking two wickets for 22. Chasing 207 for an unlikely victory, man-of-the-match Dan Craggs (pictured) scored an impressive 77 in his last game for...

Aycliffe Today's Zoe Skerrett continues her weekly review of the X Factor... The final weekend of arena auditions are over! Next week comes the all important six seats that determine who gets through to the judges houses and who will be ending their X Factor journey there and then. This week had some highs, and some lows and for some...

A police training car was involved in a three-car crash in Newton Aycliffe. The incident, involving the force's vehicle, a lorry and another car, happened at the A167 junction leading into Aycliffe Business Park at midday on Friday. An ambulance was called to the scene but nobody was seriously injured.  ...

Billingham Synthonia 0, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Paul McGeary Allan Oliver recorded his first win back in charge – albeit on an interim basis – as Aycliffe exorcised some demons to defeat Billingham Synthonia 1-0 at the Motif8 Stadium. Defender Dan Mitton scored his first goal for the club in the sixth minute to seal the points, but...

By Martin Walker Specialist offshore engineering firm Tekmar Energy scooped the Company of the Year award at Aycliffe Business Park's Make Your Mark awards event on Thursday night. More than 200 people enjoyed the glitzy ceremony at the Xcel Centre, attended by Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson and Business Durham managing director Dr Simon...