A Newton Aycliffe man who intimidated a councillor and broke her husband’s nose has been jailed for 18 months. Father-of-three Karl Anthony Kelly denied intimidating Great Aycliffe town councillor Irene Hewitson and assaulting her husband Tony - but a jury convicted him of both offences in June. Passing sentence at Durham Crown Court...

Police have issued a warrant for a Newton Aycliffe woman after she failed to appear at court. Naomi Lock, 21, from the town, failed to appear at the town's Magistrates' Court and is wanted by police. Anyone who has any information regarding Lock's whereabouts is asked to call 101 and ask to speak to Newton Aycliffe Police.  ...

Newton Aycliffe Youth Football Club, one of only 20 FA Charter Standard Community Clubs in County Durham, recently held their Annual Presentation day at the Big Club. The growth in the number of players wanting to play for the Youthy and the increase in the number of teams representing the club, has meant that a full day is required to...

Police are appealing for information after a child figurine was stolen from a garden in Newton Aycliffe. Police say between 6pm on Monday (July 15) and 6pm on Tuesday, the two-feet tall, grey-coloured, Victorian-style child figurine was been stolen from a garden in Village Close, Woodham Village. If anyone has any information please call...

  Northern League side Newton Aycliffe beat EvoStick League new boys Darlington in a pre-season friendly during the week. Our match photographer Colin McNeillie was at Moore Lane Park and brings us this brilliant gallery of pictures from the game, see below. Click here to read match report  ...

Police are appealing for information after a child's football goal was stolen from a garden. The toy goal was taken from a garden in Thornton Close, some time between 10pm on Monday (July 15) and 3.30pm on Tuesday (July 16). Anyone with any information is asked to call 101 and quote DHM-16072013-0329.  ...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe conference centre built with the support of a local church has almost doubled its operational staff since opening just three years ago. The Xcel Centre, a state-of-the-art venue built on Aycliffe Business Park three-and-a-half years ago, opened with 20 employees but now has 36 on the books. The...

By Martin Walker Hitachi Rail Europe say the "hugely important" new train deal will take manufacturing at its County Durham factory up to 2020. Hitachi announced a new £1.2bn deal to build 270 carriages as the second phase of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). This tops up the original £4.5bn contract to make 596 vehicles at the...

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...