By Ryan Gillham Head coach Dave Elderkin and his Durham Wildcats team are looking to bounce back this weekend after their losing streak continued with a defeat against Sheffield Sharks on Sunday. But the team face two tough fixtures this weekend, as they make the journey down the M1 to fellow play-off hopefuls Manchester Giants and then...

Thousands of lowly paid local Government workers could be in for a pay rise, after the North-East’s biggest council agreed to look into introducing a "living wage". As reported by The Northern Echo, a full meeting of Labour-led Durham County Council on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to investigate paying its 10,000 staff at least £7.45...

Our panel of three football writers give their predictions on Newton Aycliffe’s game this weekend… Three points are awarded if our ‘experts’ pick the exact score, 1 point awarded if they get the result correct. Glen took the lead with his bang-on prediction of a 1-0 home win versus Marske, so the pressure is on him to prove it...

Newton Aycliffe's Ebac Northern League Division One clash with Celtic Nation tonight has been postponed. It's the second fixture in a row, after the short-notice demise of Saturday's tie with Durham, to fall victom to the weather. Aycliffe are keeping their fingers crossed this Saturday's derby at home to Darlington will survive the...

Column by Craig Peterson, taken from Aycliffe Today Business At the start of 2012 there were an estimated 4.8 million businesses in the UK. Within this population, 99.2% (almost all) were small businesses.  No wonder, then, that they are viewed as being the ‘lifeblood’ of our economy and the key to socio-economic recovery. This...

Plans to replace and dim street lighting in County Durham would mean a significant cut in carbon emissions, councillors will hear next week. Durham County Council is also proposing to replace outdated pedestrian and traffic signals and remove lighting where it is not deemed necessary as part of a project to reduce energy...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe have been ranked 30th in a league table of foul mouthed Northern League clubs. That means they’re the 17th best, out of 46 teams in the Ebac Northern League, after a “Secret Shopper” initiative by the league to target offensive language. According to the results, title-chasing West Auckland have...

Proposals for the future of council-owned housing in County Durham are to be considered by councillors next week. Members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet are being recommended to agree to transfer the ownership, financing and management of the authority’s housing stock. The preferred option being put to councillors is for the...

The head teacher of a Newton Aycliffe school insists school-leavers in the region are “eminently employable” and ready to step into the world of work. Christine Forsyth, the Head at Woodham Academy, says she was “in awe” of her year 9 students who have taken part in an Apprenticeship Awareness Programme involving local firms on...

A brand new facility to buy and sell unwanted items is now available for FREE on www.aycliffetoday.co.uk! Newtonians can advertise virtually anything they want to sell – from houses and cars, to toys and scarves - thanks to our new service, called ‘e-cliffe’. There’s no catch, it’s FREE! So there’s no need to pay to...