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By Ryan Burton Newton Aycliffe FC Chairman Allan Oliver has praised Gary Farley after announcing his decision to leave the club. Farley leaves the club after eight years at Moore Lane Park. He spent seven years in a dual role as chairman and assistant manager. Oliver, who took over as chairman in the summer after previously being...

Police have issued a picture of a man they'd like to speak to in relation to a theft which took place at Newton Aycliffe's Tesco store. As reported on Aycliffe Today last week, a suspected thief asked a member of staff at Tesco to remove security tags from computer games before leaving the store without paying. The incident happened on...

Shildon 3, Newton Aycliffe 1 Newton Aycliffe were left to curse their ill-discipline as they threw away three points against title challengers Shildon on Saturday, imploding in the second half which saw them surrender their early lead and have two men sent for an early bath. Dennis Knight gave the visitors and early lead on the counter...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 25-year-old Newton Aycliffe man died when his car left the road and crashed in Bishop Auckland at the weekend. It happened just before 8.50pm on Saturday (10th January) at Close House in Bishop Auckland. One vehicle was involved, a blue Audi A4 driven by Shane Michael Smith, of Stainforth Close,...

By Martin Walker Inspirational fundraiser Paul McGeary has set an ambitious goal to reach the £10,000 mark after almost doubling his original target. The 33-year-old Newtonian, who was diagnosed with leukaemia at the end of November, has been undergoing a gruelling programme of Chemotherapy at the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough...

By Ryan Burton Horndale Residents’ Association has been awarded a £6,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund. The Newton Aycliffe group will use the money to fund community fun days and a number of low cost day trips throughout the year. Philip Clark, chairman of Horndale Residents’ Association (pictured above) said: “We are...

Police are appealing for information after a motor bike was stolen in Aycliffe Village. A statement said the motorcycle was taken from a garden shed in the Bickford Terrace area, some time overnight between last Saturday and Sunday (3-4th Jauary). Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101.  ...

Troubled supermarket Tesco has said it will close 43 unprofitable stores across the UK - more than half of which will be local convenience shops, known as Tesco Express. The firm, which has a Tesco Extra store in Newton Aycliffe, is also shelving plans to open a further 49 new "very large" stores. Additionally, Tesco is closing its staff...

Hitachi has started shipment of the first completed pre-series Class 800 train from Tokyo to Newton Aycliffe. The train manufacturers unveiled the train that will soon be gracing the East Coast mainline last November at Kasado Works in Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. In the first half of 2015 the three trains – each measuring...