By Martin Walker Two Aycliffe pensioners have told Aycliffe Today how they’re “wheelie” pleased about Durham Council’s bin-collecting U-turn. As reported in this morning’s Northern Echo, wheelie bin collections will return to normal for almost 300 households after the local authority reversed its decision to ban bin men from...

Newton Aycliffe-based firm Filtronic has followed up a £5.3m loss-making year with a profitable one. The microwave electronics company, whose management and 100 of its 160 staff are based on Aycliffe Business Park, upped its revenue by 68% in just 12 months. As reported in today’s Northern Echo, its preliminary end-of-year results...

New rules aimed at preventing the illegal dumping of trade and commercial materials come into force next month. People visiting household waste recycling centres (HWRC) in County Durham in a van, pick-up or trailer already need to apply in advance for a free waste permit to use the site. From Wednesday, 1 August, these rules will also...

By Martin Walker Woodham College’s head teacher says the new Academy status in September is fantastic news for the school and the Newton Aycliffe community. The school announced its conversion to an Academy a fortnight ago, with the changing coming into effect in the new school year in September. Head Christine Forsyth has told...

By Martin Walker Bin men have been banned from collecting wheelie bins from back alleys in Newton Aycliffe due to fears they may suffer a back injury. It means hundreds of residents from eight streets near Aycliffe town centre must pull their own bins through alleyways, or risk not having them collected at all. Almost 300 households...

Colin McNeillie's gallery of action pictures from Newton Aycliffe's pre-season friendly at home to Sunderland AFC on Friday night... Click here to see our Match Report.    ...

Durham Police are warning people to be on their guard against cold callers offering to recover payment protection insurance or government-owed compensation from time share schemes abroad. In the past few weeks there have been two incidents in the Petelee area where the callers have asked for money in advance in order for them to pay the...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week's TV highlights... Five Picks Of The Week: A Question Of Sport Olympic Special: Monday 8:30pm, BBC1. Olympic themed special of the popular sports quiz show sees Denise Lewis, James Cracknell, Sally Gunnel and Sean Kerly take part in the quiz hosted by Sue Barker. The Olympians competitive edges are...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe were handed a heavy defeat by a youthful Sunderland team, as the visitors produced a superb second half performance to record a 6-1 victory. The competitive first-half, which ended level and with Aycliffe looking more than worthy opponents for the Black Cats, was overshadowed by three goals in four...

By Martin Walker Woodham Community College headteacher Christine Forsyth has spoken exclusively to Aycliffe Today about the school’s conversion to an Academy. Woodham announced last week that it will become an Academy from September 1 this year. The change will bring a number of obvious changes to the school – and some not so...