By Paul Blythe A round-up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section. January 21/22 round-up: Under 7’s Reds – Faced Middleton Rangers in a friendly and showed their spirit and courage, playing well and scoring goals through Kian (5) and Jack A. MOTM was Richie who had a great game. Under 7’s Juniors – Played...

Newton Aycliffe axe-thrower Carl Howe has won a place in the International Axe Throwing Championships, to be held Toronto, Canada, this summer. Carlo – who runs Valhalla North Axe Throwing on Aycliffe Business Park with his wife, Kathryn – took first place at the International Axe Throwing Federation (IATF) European Regional Tournament last...

A proposal to seek people’s views on potential changes to home to school transport arrangements in County Durham will be considered by councillors next week. Durham County Council currently provides home to school transport for almost 9,000 children and young people across the county every day. Growing demand and inflation have seen the...

Proposed measures to reduce the significant strain on council budgets will be discussed by councillors next week. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be presented with finalised 2023/24 budget proposals and Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) for the next four years. The plan includes measures to mitigate the significant financial...

Tow Law Town 0, Newton Aycliffe 2 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe went top of the Ebac Northern League on Saturday thanks to a 2-0 win at Tow Law. Goals from Liam Jarvie and Marc Costello secured the points – and, with rivals Bishop Auckland not playing until Tuesday night, Aycliffe were able to move clear at the top. Thanks to recent...

Local MP Paul Howell welcomed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory on Friday, where they looked at a series of next generation intercity trains that are currently being manufactured for UK passengers. The Aycliffe Business Park factory, which covers an area of over 31 acres just south of the town, employs over 700...

A government minister has visited County Durham to see and hear about work being done to support families. Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan visited Durham County Council’s Woodhouse Close Family Centre at Bishop Auckland, where she was given a warm welcome by representatives of the local authority and partners, as well as...

By Steven Dawson Saturday January 7 saw the return to Cross Country with the NEHL Sherman Cup/Davison Shield taking place at Temple Park in South Shields. Richard Holland was the sole representative for the club in the men’s senior race finishing in a time of 45:08. On Sunday January 8, one member took part in the Loftus Poultry Run....

The operators of Teesport have secured an additional weekly sailing between Rotterdam, Botlek and Teesport thanks to continued collaboration with shipping line A2B-online. The expansion of the service, which will start from the end of January, will increase sailings on the route to four times per week and increase the total number of containers...

County Durham residents are being invited to have their say on the way they access council services. Durham County Council is reviewing its face-to-face provision and proposing changes to opening hours at some of its Customer Access Points (CAPs) after seeing a change in the way customers contact the authority. More than 90 per cent of...