By Martin Walker One of the key players in bringing Hitachi to Newton Aycliffe retired this week. Business Durham managing director Stewart Watkins called an end to his time with the organisation after more than 35 years. Click here to read a special feature on Mr Watkins in our latest business i-mag The proud Welshman – and...

Newton Aycliffe recorded a fine 3-1 victory over Northern League Champions Darlington as they maintained their 100% pre-season record in their third outing. Click here to see our Picture Gallery from the game Darlington may have been missing a handful of first team regulars, but included at least six players in their line-up who will be...

A £1.2 billion deal to build more trains in Newton Aycliffe has been announced. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has confirmed the huge order for more state-of-the-art trains to be built by Hitachi Rail Europe. The 270 carriages will be manufactured by Hitachi at its new purpose-built factory on Merchant Park in Aycliffe as part...

  The Newton Aycliffe woman accused of a £1m-plus iPad scam has denied the bulk of the 26 fraud charges she faces. Kirsty Cox appeared at Teesside Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday, July 17) and admitted ripping off two customers. But the 36-year-old pleaded not guilty to a further 24 counts of making false representations to...

A Newton Aycliffe man is due to appear in court charged with stealing latop computers. David Gary Ryan, 41, from School Aycliffe, has been arrested and charged with going equipped and with the possession of an offensive weapon, after laptops were allegedly stolen from premises on Hackworth Industrial Estate in Shildon. The Neibourhood...

A Newton Aycliffe welder has showed how Apprenticeships can help forge a high-flying career in the construction industry. Andrew Workman, nicknamed Wil by friends, has worked for Finley Structures for the past 10 years and has recently been promoted to senior estimator. The 38-year-old - pictured with the firm's new senior estimator...

Newton Aycliffe’s Northern League football club will host a high-profile pre-season friendly against Darlington tonight. It’ll be the first meeting between the sides since Aycliffe beat Darlo in December 2012 – ironically the last time Martin Gray’s side lost a game as they marched to the Championship and promotion to the EvoStick...

Woodham Academy held its annual Maths Challenge last week. Ten teams of Year 5 students from Chilton Foliat CE VA Primary, Woodham Burn Community Primary, St. Joseph’s RCVA Primary, Timothy Hackworth Primary School, Stephenson Way Community Primary and Sugar Hill Primary School competed in a series of activities to find the winning...

By Paul McGeary Newton Aycliffe have added experienced central defender Stephen Salvin to their ranks after the 32-year-old agreed a switch from local rivals Bishop Auckland. The former Blue Star and Gateshead player was a legend for the Two Blues, scoring 45 times in 291 appearances, having initially joined Bishops in 2001. Salvin -...

Bright sunshine and blue skies welcomed visitors to a wonderful summer event held at Woodham Academy last week. With free activities running throughout the morning, the event offered a host of fun and games including art workshops and creative activities which saw families creating elaborately decorated masks, finger puppets and giant...