An exciting brand of cricket comes to Newton Aycliffe next week when the town's team starts a Twenty/20-style competition. Aycliffe have unveiled a brand new coloured kit for the very first time in their history, to compete in the NYSD League's exciting Fifteens Cup Competition. The strip, sponsored by Piggin Lush Hog Roast, is in the...

By Martin Walker A purpose-built "home" for firefighters in Newton Aycliffe is starting to take shape. The £600,000 living quarters, adjacent to the main station on Central Avenue, is part of plans to reduce the number of firefighters working in the town and is expected to be completed this summer. The changes will mean the number of...

Woodham Sports Academy is currently working alongside local primary schools in an effort to raise the quality of swimming opportunities for primary school children. The national curriculum for schools in England says children should be able to swim at least 25m unaided by the end of primary school. However a recent report by the Amateur...

Newcastle United will begin the 2013-14 season with a trip to Manchester City, while Sunderland will start at home to Fulham. The Premier League and Football League fixtures were revealed at 9am today. The Magpies go to City on Saturday August 17, followed by home games with West Ham on August 24 and Fulham a week later. Sunderland's...

Newton Aycliffe captain Sean Tarling admits it was a "huge wrench" to leave his hometown club this summer after joining local rivals Bishop Auckland. The loyal Newtonian spent the previous five years at Moore Lane Park and last season notched his 150th appearance for the club after playing a major role in the side's rapid rise through the...

Newton Aycliffe have made their second move of the summer as attacking midfielder Christian Selby has signed for the 2013-14 campaign. The 20-year-old former Hartlepool academy prospect has followed goalkeeper Dan Molyneux from Billingham Town. Selby, who can also play up-front, started his career with Pools before having spells at...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe skipper Chris Palmer racked up his third half-century of the NYSD League season as his side sailed to victory at the weekend. Aycliffe's first XI beat Blackhall's second XI by seven wickets as captain Palmer notched up an unbeaten 55 to move up to third in the club's all-time senior runs aggregate list,...

Crime in Newton Aycliffe has been slashed by more than a third, according to new statistics. Figures published by the town's Neighbourhood Police Team show the number of reported incidents dropped from 219 in April and May 2012, to just 139 in the same two months this year, representing a 37% reduction. The statistics showed impressive...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe Today understands seven major construction firms have been shortlisted to be awarded the main contract for Hitachi Rail Europe's £82m train-building facility in Newton Aycliffe. We understand two of them are from the North-East, with three London-based companies also in the running along with two from the...

An Ethiopian asylum-seeker won the Newton Aycliffe 10K at the weekend after running nearly half of the course with only one shoe. Paralympian Wondiye Fikre Indelbu had to kick off a shoe after 6k after it worked loose and was unable to re-tie his lace as he only has one hand. But the 25-year-old Middlesbrough-based runner still managed...