By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe make a long awaited return to Northern League action against Hebburn following the unscheduled winter break. The Royal Blues' last outing was back on 12th January - a 2-0 win over Sunderland RCA - following three postponements. The entire league was hit by the snow and ice over the past few weeks, so...

Our panel of three Aycliffe ‘experts’ give their predictions for this weekend’s game… One point is award for the correct result (win, lose or draw), and three points are awarded for the correct scoreline. Paul and Dan grabbed a point each, as their faith in the team shone through over Glen's prophecy of doom! Scores on the...

The females of Newton Aycliffe are getting their own special evening as the town’s football club plan its first-ever Ladies' Night next week. 'The Dream Men Show' will be featuring at the Newton Aycliffe Sports club on Friday 8th February 8th, with tickets on sale now for £10. Stars of the show have appeared on XFactor, Britain's Got...

By Martin Walker Police officers have acted quickly after two cars were vandalised in Newton Aycliffe town centre yesterday. Police have told Aycliffe Today there were two reported incidents last night where vehicles were broken into. One happened in the upper car park of the town centre multi-storey, when damage was caused to a...

By Martin Walker Newtonian Jason Steele admits all the talk of Middlesbrough's January slump is "doing his head in". Despite three straight league defeats, Tony Mowbray's side are only three points behind second-placed Leicester City in the npower Championship. Victory at Ipswich Town on Saturday could put a very different slant on...

Homes and communities organisation, livin, is funding a new project in partnership with national bakery Greggs to provide free breakfasts to school children in Newton Aycliffe. A free breakfast club will run every morning for pupils at St Francis’ Junior School offering a healthy start to the day by providing free, nutritious...

A new £8m biogas centre set for Newton Aycliffe is now being built. The anaerobic digestion (AD) facility, which will help to process food waste from across the North-East and generate renewable energy for the local area, is set to open on Aycliffe Business Park in the coming months. The Emerald Biogas Centre will become the region’s...

Burgers containing horse meat may have been on sale in British shops like Tesco in Newton Aycliffe for as long as a year, food safety chiefs have told MPs. The Polish firm blamed for the contaminated meat had been supplying products for 12 months, a parliamentary inquiry was told - making that the "limit of possibility". The revelation...

Aycliffe Care Home has celebrated 20 years of providing specialist care for elderly residents. Members of staff, residents and their family members joined in the anniversary party, which included a birthday cake and refreshments, and members of the public were invited to have a look around the home. Located on Burnhope Way, Aycliffe Care...

By Martin Walker Police in Newton Aycliffe would like to speak to two men featured in the CCTV images from the town’s Boozebusters store. At around 7.40pm on Monday, 28th January, the two males ran into off licence on Dalton Way, where they both picked up a pack of Kronenberg Lager, before leaving without paying. Aycliffe...