By Martin Walker A special annual football fixture will be played this weekend, raising money for the fight against cancer. Newton Aycliffe FC have teamed up with Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group, which has been set up to help anyone that is or has been affected by cancer. And the Northern League club's annual friendly with...

By Martin Walker Great Aycliffe Town Council has revealed how residents on the town can have a real say on shaping the future of Newton Aycliffe. The council hosted its first Neighbourhood Plan meeting at the Youth Centre on Thursday, when dozens of people turned out to have their say. The first consultation phase with the public will...

Aycliffe Business Park Make Your Mark Awards 2014 The Categories & Application Forms APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR This award is looking for nominations for apprentices from their employers on Aycliffe Business Park, to celebrate and reward people working, currently engaged in, or having completed, an Apprenticeship. Applications should...

Newton Aycliffe FC have announced details of a community scheme that will see more formal links developed with both Newton Aycliffe Youth FC and Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC. With immediate effect, every junior member of both clubs will become an affiliate of Newton Aycliffe FC. This will entitle all juniors to free entry to all home games...

By Martin Walker Small firms on Aycliffe Business Park are being offered the chance to access a free leadership development programme which has a proven track record of helping businesses to grow. Teesside University Business School’s Leading Growth programme was developed after leveraging funding from the European Regional Development...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe company is helping a well-known football fan's bid to create a film about his life using crowdfunding. Darlington supporter Paul Hodgson was diagnosed with meningitis in childhood but his illness and a tough upbringing have never stopped him getting behind his team. Now, he is using crowdfunding...

By Martin Walker Woodham Golf Club is set to re-open next week after an extensive two-month refurbishment programme. The course will open on Friday 1st August after it was initially closed down last November when its previous owners, Washington Developments, went into administration. The new owners, local businessmen Neville and...

Newton Aycliffe Youth FC gave great support to Fun in the Park on Tuesday, when over 20 young players from the club took part in a friendly football tournament. The players were from our development section through to our under 9's and were split up into four evenly-matched teams. NAYFC Secretary Berni Borsberry said: "On a glorious...

By Martin Walker State-of-the-art camera kit is being used to track the construction of Hitachi Rail Europe’s train-building factory in Newton Aycliffe. Newcastle film-makers Three Motion have used a six-rotor drone - known as a ‘Hexacopter’ - to produce an impressive three-minute movie, with the camera hovering high above...

By Martin Walker A Teesside firm which has created a Newton Aycliffe base is investing £3m in a new rail terminal as global rail freight specialist Freightliner is set to move to Teesport. The construction of a new, open access rail terminal by PD Ports will start this month, and once complete will welcome the new intermodal connections...