By Martin Walker A leading firefighter says the latest series of strikes by the FBU over the early May Bank Holiday weekend pose "significant" risks. The Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) has announced plans to strike on Friday 2nd May (12-5pm), Saturday 3rd May (2pm-2am) and Sunday 4th May (10am-3pm). The planned industrial action is in...

The Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) has announced plans to strike over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The planned industrial action in relation to its national dispute over pensions with central government. Members of the FBU plan to hold three strikes on: Friday 2nd May 2014 (12-5pm) Saturday 3rd May 2014 (2pm-2am) Sunday 4th May...

Did you know it’s National Stalking Awareness Day? Durham Constabulary is launching awareness sessions aimed at increasing officer and staff knowledge around stalking in a bid to raise awareness, to coincide with National Stalking Awareness day. This work will be incorporated into ongoing work to produce a domestic and sexual abuse...

A Bishop Auckland man is set to appear in court charged with stealing from Newton Aycliffe’s Tesco store. The 25-year-old has been charged with theft, two attempts of theft and going equipped to steal as he targeted the Tesco stores in both Aycliffe and Bishop, on 16th and 22nd April. “He’s been bailed to court, with conditions not...

The full line-up of bands have been confirmed as the countdown to Aycliffe's spring music festival cranks up. Party in the Park, on Sunday 4th May, is jointly hosted by Newton Aycliffe FC and Newton Aycliffe Sports Club at Moore Lane Park. And organisers have now revealed the full bill for the day, which starts at 12noon and runs through...

A Newton Aycliffe manufacturing firm is set to appear on a new primetime TV programme tonight! Aycliffe Business Park-based Ebac featured on BBC2’s Digby Jones: The New Troubleshooter on Thursday (8pm). The former Trade Minister and CBI Director General, Lord Digby Jones, has spent months working behind the scenes with Ebac’s team...

Huntsman 3, Wheatsheaf 2 Huntsman entertained the Wheatsheaf at Simpasture Park on Sunday knowing only victory would keep alive their title hopes and they came out victorious 3-2 in a tight affair which they probably didn’t deserve to win. Wheatsheaf started the game brightly and dominated the opening 10 minutes with the Huntsman...

Residents across County Durham are being reminded to ‘Bin it right’ to make sure their recycling can continue to be used to make new products. The six month ‘Bin it right’ campaign, starting this month, will encourage residents to put the right items in the right bin to stop recyclable material being contaminated and spoiled by...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Shildon 1 Newton Aycliffe FC put an end to their recent run of defeats on Easter Bank Holiday Monday, and in doing so ended any slim chance that remained of Shildon lifting the Northern League First Division trophy. With Spennymoor defeating Team Northumbria earlier in the day, Shildon knew nothing less than the three...

Newton Aycliffe's cricket team lost their 2014 curtain-raising game against Middlesbrough at the weekend. Aycliffe's first XI, promoted from the NYSD third division to the second at their first attempt last year, lost by 83 runs against Boro's second XI, despite a tremendous bowling performance by man-of-the-match from Sean Morgan, who took...