Two Aycliffe Business Park firms picked up gongs at the North East Business Awards on Thursday night. Ebac won Manufacturer of the Year award, while new kids on the block Emerald Biogas won Best Newcomer. “At Ebac we do what we do for Ebac, for its staff and customers,” the firm’s managing director Pamela Petty told Aycliffe Today...

Police are appealing for information about a dog that went missing last week. Officers believe the brown and white Staffordshire Bull Terrier may have been stolen from an address in Skipton Close, around 4pm on Wednesday 26th February. Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101, or message the Aycliffe Neighbourhood...

Newton Aycliffe Sports Club 9, British Legion 2 By David Hall After bringing The Huntsman’s 100% winning record to an end last week, another local derby was played at Moore Lane at the weekend, this time against the struggling British Legion. The Legion started well with The Sports Club struggling to get out to of the traps and when...

By Martin Walker Police have confirmed that thugs deliberately set a car alight in Newton Aycliffe on Sunday night – with two other motors also going up in smoke. A spokesman for the Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team told Aycliffe Today on Monday that suspects targeted a Freelander Discovery with a petrol bomb in Skipton Close, at...

Bishop Auckland 0, Newton Aycliffe 2 Newton Aycliffe bounced back from back-to-back defeats with an impressive derby win at Bishop Auckland on Tuesday night. Talk of another relegation dog-fight were temporarily dispelled with a fine display by Allan Oliver's men, who climbed back up to 10th in the Ebac Northern League first...

A Newton Aycliffe fireworks display which was cancelled after an increase in visitors raised "serious" safety concerns could go ahead this year. Safety officers advised Great Aycliffe Town Council to cancel the 2013 event after it became "too large" to manage. The council hopes it can now be "resurrected", after plans were drawn up to...

Elderly people who have chronic muscle pain are at a significantly increased risk of having heart disease – researchers at Teesside University have found. Almost half of elderly people who have suffered chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) go on to suffer cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers suggest. And people aged over...

Two pupils from Stephenson Way have been chosen as part of Newton Aycliffe Library’s young librarian scheme. Millie and Kurtis showed in their applications that they possessed the dedication and enthusiasm required to earn a place on the programme, which led to them being selected and starting their roles during the half term...

By Martin Walker Middlesbrough FC legend Bernie Slaven has suggested Boro demolish the Riverside Stadium and turn it into a Tesco if they fail to score at home to Ipswich Town this weekend! In a blog on his official website, the outspoken Scot, who’s set to appear at a Three Legends event in Newton Aycliffe on Friday 28th March, has...

Growthfunders, the North of England’s first online equity crowdfunding platform, has been launched to match ambitious entrepreneurs with great business ideas to a range of investors to create and grow exciting businesses. The site allows businesses and ideas with high growth potential to garner support from a wide range of investors,...