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...

Pupils at Woodham Academy achieved two silvers and seven bronzes in the Junior Maths Challenge and eight bronzes in the prestigious UK Intermediate Challenge. These competitions are run by the UK Mathematics Trust in conjunction with the University of Leeds and are targeted at the top mathematicians in the country. The challenge...

Hundreds of pounds was expected to be raised at Newton Aycliffe FC after an emotional day to celebrate a club legend today (Saturday). Aycliffe organised the Frank Swinburne Memorial Day, which involved fans trekking 25 miles from Northallerton back to the town. Others cycled the route to replicate in reverse Frankie's...