By Martin Walker The company which will bring train-building back to the 'cradle of the railways' insist the schedule is going according to plan. At a construction open day last summer, Hitachi Rail Europe said archaeological works would start in autumn 2012, construction in spring 2013 and completion by the end of 2014. However, the...

A fairly brief question on our Facebook page was enough to provoke a mini outpouring of opinions recently, which suggest the general public is indeed disillusioned or disconnected with local politics. Less than one in four of us turned out for the Durham County Council elections, while the turn-out for the Aycliffe Council elections were no...

Police are appealling for information after a vehicle was broken into on Thursday night. The incident happened at about 10.30pm on Thursday (May 16), when the vehicle window was smashed and items were taken. If you have any information please contact police on 101.  ...

The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) are inviting people to a free Open Day on Saturday 1 June between 10am and 2pm to find out what’s available for them. If you’re looking for something fun and different to do with the kids, there will be family games, arts and crafts and smoothie making. Perhaps you want to know what social...

Engineering students at Woodham Academy have been preparing for a maiden flight! The Flight Club has made a large radio controlled model plane from plan. This hard work had not gone unnoticed. Teesside Model Flying Club has invited the Year 9 students to fly the plane as part of the fly past during their annual air show on the weekend of...

A fairly brief question on our Facebook page was enough to provoke a mini outpouring of opinions recently, which suggest the general public is indeed disillusioned or disconnected with local politics. Less than one in four of us turned out for the Durham County Council elections, while the turn-out for the Aycliffe Council elections were no...

A man was arrested by police in Newton Aycliffe yesterday after being found with a bladed article and drugs. The 36-year-old was arrested yesterday evening in Isherwood Close after concerned calls made by residents. He was arrested and charged for possession of a controlled drug and possession of a bladed article.  ...

A driver training programme is available to young Newton Aycliffe people hoping to start driving soon. First Gear and on Two Wheels is a six-week vehicle education programme for young people being run by the Newton Aycliffe Youth Development Team for Aycliffe boys and girls aged 14-21. The programme aims to  educate young people to...

A cocky teenager who flashed a ‘V-sign’ to CCTV cameras after causing more than a thousand pounds-worth of damage has been told to cough up the cash for repairs. Aycliffe Today published pictures (above) of the young vandal who caused £1,000-worth of damage to security cameras in building site near Greenlea Garth and Blackton Close,...

MP Phil Wilson has presented Woodham Academy with the Young Carers Charter. Woodham prides itself on the care, guidance and support it gives to the individual child and in order to meet this vision, staff at Woodham Academy are working hard to find ways of listening to young carers. Young carers may be helping to look after a parent or...