By Martin Walker A frozen seafood business has doubled the size of its Newton Aycliffe headquarters after growing its presence in Yorkshire and landing a prestigious industry award. Collins Seafoods, based in Newton Aycliffe and official home shirt sponsors of the town’s football club, marked a strong first quarter of 2013 this month...

England football legend Peter Shilton starred at a fundraising event in the town at the weekend. Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre Junior Football Club held their annual Sportsman Evening on Friday (8th March). Original speaker Micky Quinn was contracted to do extra work at Talk Sport and had to withdraw at the last minute. But the...

Aycliffe police officers have charged a local man with burglary after a string of break-ins were reported. As revealed by Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards in his regular blog on Aycliffe Today, a 36-year-old male from the town was arrested last Friday, in relation to daytime burglaries in Hylton Close and Van Mildert...

Bishop Auckland students have been stepping up to the challenge of producing designs for the UK’s only manufacturer of washing machines. Newton Aycliffe-based Ebac, which is developing a production line to start manufacturing the appliances from Spring 2014, invited design and technology students from St John’s RC School and Sixth Form...

Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… It’s hard to believe that we’re well on our way into March – only seems like five minutes ago that I was driving around the town in the early hours of January 1st! Yet looking out of the station window at the thin layers of snow...

Brodie Millichap takes a look at this week's TV highlights... Five Picks Of The Week Broadchurch (pictured): Monday 9pm, ITV1. Danny’s murder is still causing the community heartache and the pressure is on DI Hardy and DS Miller to solve the crime. Crime thriller starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman. Bomb Patrol: Monday 10pm,...

Swap Fags for Swag – that’s the message this No Smoking Day. Smokers are being encouraged to kick the habit on Wednesday (13th March) by thinking about the money they will save as well as the health benefits. And people in County Durham can find out more about the help and support available to stop smoking at a No Smoking Day drop-in...

A man who stole a pack of Christmas cards from a McColls store in Newton Aycliffe was in court this week. Scott Hilton, 25, of Oakfield, appeared in court regarding theft of the Christmas cards from the shop on 9th December, 2012. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and to pay costs of £100.  ...

Almost 1,600 extra lorry-loads of glass, paper, plastics and other materials have been collected for recycling in County Durham since the introduction of a new system. Durham County Council switched to alternate weekly collections of waste and recycling almost a year ago in April 2012 – and has seen a significant increase in recycling...

A Facebook stalker has been issued with a restraining order after being convicted of online harassment. Karl Kelly, 29, of Clanny Road, Newton Aycliffe, appeared at the town's Magistrates' Court regarding harassment of a person by making threats over Facebook. He was issued with a restraining order until 3rd March 2015, in which he is...