A brilliant range of activities for children and young people of all ages in Newton Aycliffe has been put together for the summer holidays. Activities, which cater for youngsters from as young as five and six up to teenagers, have been organised by the Extended Services working in partnership with Great Aycliffe and Middridge AAP...

More than 280 students from Woodham Academy were congratulated for their hard work and commitment to studies in a recent Rewards Assembly. Students were selected from each of the three houses, Brancepeth, Lambton and Raby, for demonstrating excellent effort and attainment in their recent Rising Star assessments. Students sat with...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe goalkeeper Ross Turnbull made a surprise return to the Middlesbrough scene when he featured in a pre-season friendly for the Teessiders on Tuesday night. Turnbull, 28, has been without a club since his release from Chelsea this summer and has been training at Boro's Rockliffe Park HQ in Hurworth. He...

Ebac has announced plans to create 100 new jobs after agreeing a deal to produce freezers at its Newton Aycliffe factory. The firm, which has pledged to double its current workforce of 200 to 400 when it brings washing machine manufacturing back to the region, has agreed a deal which will preserve the brands and products of UK manufacturer...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's cricket team stormed to the top of the NYSD League third division with their seventh consecutive win at the weekend. Aycliffe's first team beat Bedale's first XI by six wickets at Aycliffe Sports Club on Saturday to leapfrog them at the top of the table in their debut NYSD League campaign. Their...

Mobile electronics firm Filtronic has announced an increase in operating profits. The Yorkshire-based company, which employs 100 people at the threatened RFMD factory on Aycliffe Business Park in County Durham, says pre-tax profits for the year ending May 2013 were at £238,000, compared to a loss of £1.63m last year. Filtronic, a...

Hundreds of pounds was raised for the town's football club by dedicated fans and volunteers at the weekend. It's estimated that the Frank Swiburne Memorial Day raised more than £2,000, although the official figure is yet to be confirmed as sponsorship is still being collected. Some fans walked the 26-mile route from Northallerton to...

Colin McNeillie brings us his gallery of pictures from Newton Aycliffe FC's Frank Swinburne Memorial Day at the weekend. Read our Match Report here  ...

A series of spooky incidents has convinced a young man that his new home is being haunted by an angry ghost. Adam Maddison, 19, believes the hostile spirit is haunting a row of terraced houses in Skipton Close, but says it has focused on him due to his psychic tendencies. Full story at The Northern Echo  ...

Newton Aycliffe won the inaugural Frank Swinburne Memorial Trophy with a comfortable 6-2 demolition of Northallerton Town. In a game set up in memory of the late club stalwart, Danny Earl’s second half hat-trick sealed victory on an emotional day for all involved. Earlier goals from Dan Mellanby, Christian Selby and Fred Woodhouse had...