Middlesbrough goalkeeper Jason Steele is helping to launch a series of exciting coaching courses aimed at helping primary school youngsters in Newton Aycliffe. The Newtonian, Boro’s current number one keeper, is helping his friend and football coach Lewis Marr (pictured with Steele) launch the courses which is hoped will help youngsters...

By Martin Walker The town’s fire station will undertake major changes in the next 12 months. But brigade bosses insist the service to residents in Aycliffe will not change at all. The number of active fire fighters working at Aycliffe will be reduced from 24 down to 14. And as part of a new shift pattern, firemen spend 12 hours...

By Martin Walker Police are appealing for information after a family of four were subjected to a terrifying attack by armed robbers in Redworth near Newton Aycliffe. Police say at around 9.30pm on Monday evening, four armed masked men broke into the house while the family were at home watching television. The householder, a...

By Ryan Gillham Durham came up short against Glasgow Rocks in the Wildcats first home game of the season at the Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre as they lost 82-92. Having played a game the previous night, the Wildcats had to use the depth in their squad and had to look to their bench players to step up in this encounter with Glasgow Rocks...

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 maintained his lead last week, as all three experts bottomed out predicting victory as we crashed to...

By Glen Robertson Midfielder Nathan Wilson has joined fellow Northern League first division side Billingham Synthonia. The former Sunderland player goes in search of regular football, after finding himself among the substitutes in recent weeks. Wilson joined from West Auckland in December last season, after making 13 appearances for...

Newton Aycliffe’s match against Penrith tonight has been postponed with a waterlogged pitch. The club held an earlier-than-planned inspection, and just a few moments ago the Moore Lane Park playing surface was deemed unplayable, after the torrential rain that has battered the region in the last two days. Aycliffe hope to entertain...

Newton Aycliffe fire fighters will spend some of their time on call at this brand new purpose-built ‘home’. It’s hoped the £600,000 facility will be open by next summer and, despite its cost, will enable Aycliffe fire station to save £250,000 a year in tax payers’ money. See more plans of the new living quarters in our picture...

Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) will be holding a drop-in event to give people a chance to meet the team, find out more about what they do and have a say on neighbourhood issues. GAMP coordinator Brian Riley and his team will be on hand at the Primary Care Partnerships shop (opposite Boyes) in Newton Aycliffe Town Centre on...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club presented their players with awards during their presentation night recently. Awards included: Ben Nicholson – U-15s performance of the year Michael Howe and Sam Telford – U-18s performance of the year Dan Weldon – 2nd team performance of the year Sean Morgan – 1st team performance of the...