By Martin Walker A £17m student accommodation project has been completed thanks to steel provided by Newton Aycliffe firm Finley Structures. Union Square Newcastle, located in Upper Ouseburn on the doorstep of Northumbria University, has now been completed by Brimms Construction, for North-East development company Adderstone...

By Zoe Skerrett Newton Aycliffe FC are in safe hands thanks to a new shirt sponsorship deal with a taxi firm. SafeLine Taxis have been revealed as the new sponsors of the Northern League club's blue home strips for the 2014-15 season. Tony Bennett, SafeLine senior partner, said: "We are absolutely delighted, I’m a big admirer of...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe's cricket team maintained their promotion push with a four-wicket victory at home to Marske on Saturday. In cool and overcast conditions at Aycliffe Sports Club, the home side won the toss and asked Marske's second XI to bat first. Matty Atkinson (pictured) picked up the man-of-the-match award after a...

By Zoe Skerrett Newton Aycliffe’s Samantha McGarrigle is in the top 40 of singers nationwide fighting for the chance to perform live on Channel 4's Friday night show The Singer Takes It All. The Singer Takes It All is a new singing game show, hosted by Alan Carr, where the audience has the power to choose who goes and who stays by...

By Dan Lewis Aycliffe’s dreams of a decent run in the FA Cup were dashed at the Extra Preliminary Round stage on Saturday, as they went down to a 2-1 home defeat against Garforth Town. Manager Adrian Webster largely kept faith with the team that won comfortably at Crook Town on Wednesday night. The only changes seeing the...

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 (19th August) at West Park, 11am until...

Two former members of Middlesbrough Football Club's PR team have reunited for a second time to produce a book for Boro about their European hey-day. Newton Aycliffe-based Mantis Media, publishers of Aycliffe Today, worked with Middlesbrough firm DNA PR & Publicity to produce A Small Town In Europe. A Small Town in Europe has been...

Match Preview – Saturday 16th August, 2014 NEWTON AYCLIFFE versus GARFORTH TOWN Moore Lane Park. 3pm kick off The world famous FA Cup kicks off this weekend, less than three months after Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal lifted the trophy to secure their first piece of silverware in nine seasons. A far cry from Wembley it may be, but Moore...

By Zoe Skerrett Next weekend marks the last Great Aycliffe Show since they began in 1985. As a result of the decrease in attendance over the past few years, perhaps because of the repetition of activities or the bad weather, Great Aycliffe Town Council (GATC) has been searching for new ways to make an event more appealing and interesting...

Newton Aycliffe firm Aux Audio were today named as the winners of Newton Aycliffe FC's stadium naming rights competition. The local recording company, ran by Lesley Bussey, was picked out first by Sedgefield MP and Aycliffe FC's president Phil Wilson in the draw at Moore Lane Park. Lesley was actually present for the draw, which involved...