Woodham College launched a new Sports Academy in front of a packed main hall on Tuesday night. More than a hundred young people and their parents attended the launch of Woodham Sports Academy, which will offer high-quality coaching opportunities to elite athletes in a range of sports. These include football, dance, basketball, American...

By Martin Walker Two local criminals have been brought to justice after they were caught thieving. As revealed by Aycliffe Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards in his regular blog on Aycliffe Today, Kyle Mawson, 25, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court recently charged with shoplifting offences. He received a conditional discharge...

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) have established an agreement with the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) to support participation in life-long learning whilst building upon the Government’s national learning initiatives. The Learning Agreement was signed by Director of Community Protection, Stuart Errington and the...

Woodham Community Technology College held its annual Maths Challenge last week. Students from Woodham Community Technology College and Sunnydale School were challenged by pupils from Vane Road, Stephenson Way and Timothy Hackworth primary schools last Wednesday (4th July). The aim of the day is to offer the more able mathematicians in...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights... Five Picks of the Week Faster, Higher, Stronger: Monday 7pm, BBC2 (pictured) With the London Olympics around the corner, the BBC brings us a new series which looks back at all the history and flavour of the Olympic Games. The first part of the series, which concludes on Thursday,...

By Glen Robertson Phil Brumwell believes the success of his hometown club has been down to keeping the core of the squad intact during Newton Aycliffe’s meteoric rise to the Northern League first division. The current Shildon coach, who has lived in Aycliffe most of his life, told Aycliffe Today that the club have benefited from...

Aycliffe officers recovered cannabis plants after swooping on an Aycliffe Village home. As revealed by Aycliffe Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards in his regular blog on Aycliffe Today, officers received information surrounding suspected drugs activity at the address in Oaklea Mews, Aycliffe Village. After securing a warrant, a...

Sue King from Woodham Community Technology College in Newton Aycliffe has been announced as the winner of The Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in the North for the 2012 Pearson Teaching Awards. Sue was shortlisted from a record number of nominations and will join the other winning teachers from across England, Wales and...

Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today... It’s been a relatively busy time since the last blog. What things might interest readers…hmm, let’s see... We received information surrounding suspected drugs activity at an address in Oaklea Mews, Aycliffe Village which, when...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson is accusing the current Government of trying to stigmatise people on benefits – and reckons the Tories have got their welfare reform all wrong. The Government’s spring announcement to cut a further £10 billion from the national benefit bill – making a total of £28bn in savings –...