A Newton Aycliffe man has appeared in court following a knife attack in the town last week. Michael Watson, known locally as "Spike", appeared at Peterlee Magistrates' Court on Monday, charged with wounding with intent. The 48-year-old also faces charges of possessing a bladed article and possession of Cannabis. The case was committed to...

Great Aycliffe Town Council has secured cash from Durham County Council to fund a new MUGA at Moore Lane Park. GATC had applied to the county council to go halves on the £40,000 Multi Use Games Area on part of the tarmac area which was previously used as tennis courts - one half will remain available for netball. A statement from Aycliffe...

Newton Aycliffe students have raised more than £400 for children in crisis-hit Nepal. The Woodham Academy pupils spent a day of fundraising on behalf of UNICEF, which is delivering clean water and other life-saving emergency supplies for children and families in the area. One in four of Nepal’s population are children and the charity is...

The Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club scoreboard from the weekend’s games… Saturday 13th June - NYSD Division 2 Sedgefield 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI - weather was overcast and cool. Aycliffe won the toss and decided to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 214 for 8 declared after 40 overs. Matty Atkinson 72 not out, Luke Telford 32 and Tom...

As England celebrated Euro qualifier victory over the weekend, Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC were preparing for one of their busiest times of the year. The youth football club was due to host their summer tournament on Sunday followed by their annual presentation day this weekend. The summer tournament saw five-a-side games for Under 7’s, 7...

A Newton Aycliffe man has been charged with wounding with intent after a knife attack in the town on Friday evening. As reported on Aycliffe Today, a 32-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach during an incident near Reeth Place in the town at around 6.30pm on Friday night. The victim was air-lifted to The James Cook University Hospital in...

Plans to build a new care home on the site of the former police station in Newton Aycliffe have now been submitted. As exclusively revealed by Aycliffe Today in March, Durham Constabulary agreed to sell the 1.1-acre site to a care home group. It was confirmed in May that Gateshead-based Helen McArdle Care had acquired the site for...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in Newton Aycliffe. It happened on a stretch of grass next to Reeth Place in the town at around 6.30pm on Friday night. A 32-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach with what police believe may have been a kitchen knife. He remains in a stable condition in The...

Millions of telephone users in the North East will benefit from clearer call charges being introduced next month by the telecoms regulator Ofcom. From 1st July, landline and mobile charges will become clearer for calls to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 and 118, while Freephone will become free from mobiles. People use these ‘service...

Woodham Academy's PE Department is celebrating after three students qualified for the County Durham Athletics Championships. Lisa Robinson (200m), Blake Airey (High Jump) and Harry Condren (800m) have all qualified in their age range to represent the Durham County squad at the event which is due to be held at Monkton Stadium on Sunday (13th...