By Martin Walker A free marketing summit for the region, which will enable firms to gain valuable information and advice about inbound marketing, is being organised at Aycliffe Business Park this week. Newton Aycliffe company thrive is bringing industry experts from the world of digital marketing to the Xcel Centre on Friday (6th...

A teenage thug has been jailed for four years after a savage attack outside DL5. Lewis Gash, 19, of Callerton Rise in the town, caused permanent scarring to his victim when he bit him outside the pub in the drink-fuelled incident in August last year. Gash denied a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, but was...

By Martin Walker Cruel thieves have wrecked an Aycliffe nursery's playing area after ripping up and stealing some state-of-the-art astro turf. The Play Days Nursery, on Simpasture Gate, spent £5,000 on specialist artificial grass to improve its outdoor playing area - part-funded by parents who helped to raise the cash. But less than...

Two young thieves are suspected of stealing a charity bucket from a town centre shop in Newton Aycliffe. Police have released the above CCTV image, saying the youths entered the Greggs store in Beveridge Way last Saturday afternoon (24th May). "The male in all dark clothing has then stolen the charity bucket from behind the counter,"...

By Martin Walker The man who admitted stealing from grave-sides in Newton Aycliffe has today been jailed for a total of 20 months. David Gary Ryan, now of Darlington, pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods at Durham Crown Court in April. The charges related to offences which occurred at the West Cemetry, School Aycliffe last year,...

By Martin Walker Today will go down as a momentous day for Phil Wilson - and for more reasons than one. The Sedgefield MP struck a twitchy figure during Thursday morning's high-profile steel ceremony on the site of Hitachi Rail Europe's £82m train-building factory on Aycliffe Business Park. That's because his daughter-in-law had...

By Martin Walker The Finley family which is constructing the steel for Newton Aycliffe's iconic train-building factory today presented key people with special mementos during a steel ceremony. Aycliffe firm Finley Structures is currently working on erecting 2,000 tonnes of steel at Hitachi's monster £82m factory on Aycliffe Business...

Aycliffe Today is using the latest multi-media technology to bring our printed publications to life - Harry Potter-style! We've teamed up with Aurasma, the world’s leading augmented reality platform, using advanced image and pattern recognition to blend the real-world with interactive content. It means some of the features in our...

By Martin Walker Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has appointed a new General Manager in a move which will help boss Paul hand the reins to the next generation of his family almost six decades since the birth of the company. As the Newton Aycliffe firm approaches its 60th birthday, Stiller heads into a transitional period by...

Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Well hello again. If it seems like forever since my last blog that's because it has been (or at least it feels that). This 'edition' is a little different to my usual style, mainly because I'm actually on my leave away from...