By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe care home has converted one of its lounges into a purpose-built, fully-stocked bar! Aycliffe Care Home welcomed the town's Mayor Wendy Hillary to raise a glass to the new bar. Councillor Hillary officially opened the home’s new fully-stocked, aptly named the ‘Jolly Carers’ by residents, which...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's first team reignited their promotion aspirations after a recent sticky patch with a tough 24-run win away to Yarm on Saturday. There was a fantastic all-round performance from Aycliffe's man-of-the-match Michael Howe, who scored a career best 66 runs (including four 6s and five boundaries) and then took...

Newton Aycliffe FC’s Northern League campaign got off to the worst possible start, with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of last season’s FA Vase finalists West Auckland. Aycliffe weren’t helped by the unavailability of a number of senior players. However they will look back with justification and think that with more composed finishing, and...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe firm Finley Structures has started work on Middlesbrough's Sports Village. The £18 million state-of-the-art development at Prissick will include a new athletics track, fitness gym, multi-functional sport and performance spaces and external flood-lit pitches. Finley Structures has started work on...

Huntsman got their league campaign up and running with a comfortable victory against a competitive Three Tuns side. New signing James Robinson turned in a man of the match performance and was on the scoresheet within five minutes with a tidy finish from 18 yards. Michael Sproates broke the offside trap before slipping past the keeper to...

Great Aycliffe Town Council’s series of Fun in the Park shows continue next week. GATC has been providing the free events, organised by OakLeaf Sports Complex, around the town for youngsters aged between three and eight during the summer holidays. The next Fun in the Park event is next Tuesday (12th August) at St Oswald's Park, 11am...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe FC chairman Allan Oliver admits the time was right for a fresh voice in the Moore Lane Park dressing room this summer. And the former manager now thinks Aycliffe have the right man in charge in Kiwi Adrian Webster. Oliver moved "upstairs" at the end of last season, ending his seven-year spell as...

Woodham Academy’s Head of Technology gave a 30-minute presentation at the Royal Academy of Engineering at Prince Philip House in London. Michael Nelson is the North East Regional STEM Teacher Coordinator and was asked to present to delegates from across the country describing all the projects that he has set up for schoolchildren across...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe FC's new manager Adrian Webster talks to Aycliffe Today ahead of the club's 2014-15 season opening game at home to West Auckland at Moore Lane Park on Saturday. Go to our Video Vault to see our interview, including some footage from Thursday night's training session. We also have a gallery of pictures...

A bull terrier may have to have his penis amputated after he was found wandering the streets in Newton Aycliffe with a cable tie around his genitals, the RSPCA said. The collar on the Staffordshire-type dog was so tight his eyes were bulging when he was found last Sunday morning in the town. The RSPCA wants to trace the owner of the...