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JANUARY
• iPad con merchant Kirsty Cox is
jailed for two years at Teesside
Crown Court for her £450,000
scam in 2012, but is later released
after serving just a few weeks.
• Aycliffe-based subsea technology
firm Tekmar Energy celebrates
hat-trick of contract wins to further
boost its impressive growth.
• A man dies after an accident on the
A68 at Burtree Gate, near the A1,
when the pedal cyclist died at the
scene.
the 2013 event.
• Thugs target a Freelander Discovery
with a petrol bomb in Skipton Close,
while two other cars – a Mini and
a Qashqai – also caught fire in
dramatic Sunday night scenes.
• Aycliffe firm Ebac is named
Manufacturer of the Year at the
North East Business Awards, while
new kids on the block Emerald
Biogas won Best Newcomer.
• Durham County Council announce
plans to start charging for the
collection of garden waste from
2015.
•
The local authority reveals its
County Plan - a blueprint for
the future which includes 2,000
new homes for Aycliffe and the
development of 123 hectares of
potential employment land on
Aycliffe Business Park.
Cartwright opens hair extensions
studio, Lox of Love.
• Aycliffe Today exclusively reveals
that the troubled Woodham
Golf Club is sold to an unnamed
investor.
• Hitachi hosts a special ceremony
on its site as 2,000 tonnes of steel
begins to change the landscape
forever on Aycliffe Business Park.
• Teenage thug Lewis Gash is jailed
for four years after being found
guilty of wounding with intent
during an incident outside DL5.
JUNE
• Aycliffe’s market looks doomed
after traders snub an offer to
relocate it to the Greenwell Road
car park.
APRIL
• Family-run steel company Finley
Structures is awarded a multimillion pound deal to construct
Hitachi Rail Europe’s train-building
factory.
• Aycliffe Business Park Community
celebrates its first birthday with a
special event at the Xcel Centre.
FEBRUARY
• Newton Aycliffe police hunt a
suspected hit and run driver after a
man was knocked over by a vehicle
on Horndale Avenue, adjacent to
Permoids, on Aycliffe Business
Park.
•
Stiller
Warehousing
and
Distribution
announces
the
£700,000 investment in a new
multi-use building on its huge
site as part of the group’s longterm growth plans to create
employment.
• “One-man crime-wave” Lee Morris,
as he's dubbed by police, is locked
up for nearly two-and-a-half years
after failing to heed warnings after
previous offences.
MARCH
• Woodham Golf Club is put up for
sale by an estate agent acting on
behalf of the administrators for the
troubled course.
• Aycliffe Town Council says it is
considering resurrect the town's
Fireworks Display after safety
concerns forced the cancellation of
•
Aycliffe detectives are set to
pioneer state-of-the-art spying
technology that enables them
to watch criminals in their own
homes - but is 'Polar Flair' all what
it seems?
•
The
Aycliffe
Business
Park
Community (ABPC) reveal plans to
set up task groups to involve more
hands-on businesses to focus on
key areas, as part of a 'shaping the
future' initiative.
• World-renowned group Holiday Inn
opens a refurbished hotel on the
site of the former Aston Hotel just
off the A1 - MP Phil Wilson cuts the
ribbon.
• Newton Aycliffe’s Northern League
team retain their first division
status despite losing for the eighth
time in a row.
• The town's cricket club unveils
Frank's The Flooring store as their
new short sponsor for the 2014
season.
MAY
• Police hunt sick thieves who steal
female underwear from a Newton
Aycliffe garden.
• Allan Oliver steps down as Aycliffe
FC manager and takes over as
chairman, handing the managerial
reins to star man Dan Mellanby.
• State-of-the-art, low-cost gym, One
Gym, opens on Aycliffe Business
Park.
• Newtonian hair stylist Victoria
• Aycliffe Today played a key role in
the sale of Woodham Golf Club –
its new owners, Rushyford-based
Hall Construction, reveal.
• Upex Electrical Distributors (UED)
reveals a 30% jump in turnover
in an exclusive feature in Aycliffe
Today Business.
• Work starts at Woodham Golf Club
to get the course and clubhouse
in tip-top condition for an official
opening.
• Teen cricket sensation Sam Telford
roars Aycliffe to victory over
promotion rivals Redcar, scoring
115.
• Teesside-based PD Ports opens
a commercial office on Aycliffe
Business Park.
• Work starts on a £40,000 Multi Use
Games Area at Horndale Park in the
town.
JULY
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