A Shildon man has been charged with a number of thefts and a burglary in the area. As revealed by NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards in his regular blog on Aycliffe Today, a 22-year-old male from Shildon was arrested recently and charged with a number of offences. Amongst them, thefts of seven pedal cycles from locations in Aycliffe, Shildon and...

Durham-based band Ambershift will play at the Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre before Saturday’s pre-season game between Durham Wildcats and Newcastle Eagles who will play for the North East Cup. Ambershift were formed by lead vocalist and bass player David Lord in January 2007 and have become a big hit over the UK with their...

The Newton Aycliffe Spartans are up for a Top Award to be handed out by Durham County Council. The Club has been nominated for the Sedgefield Area Sports Club of the Year Award in both Senior and Junior categories. In addition John Johnston has been nominated for Coach of the Year.  The result will be announced on the 20th September...

A Newton Aycliffe man has been jailed for downloading indecent images of young children. Lee Edward Atkinson, of Waskerley Walk in the town, amassed a huge collection of both still and moving images featuring young girls, plus others containing acts of bestiality. The 31-year-old, who lost his job with an engineering company when his...

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...

Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer has donated £1m towards tackling social deprivation and creating jobs in County Durham. Investment banker Jonathan and his wife Jane made the decision to give County Durham Community Foundation the money to distribute on their behalf to cement their commitment to the local area. The couple recently saved...

This September marks a new chapter for American Football at Woodham Academy. After months of discussions by Coach Tait with American coaches in what is commonly known as the American High School league of Europe, permission has been granted for the Woodham American Football Academy to compete in the league. The DoDDs league (Department...

By Martin Walker A stunning piece of English football memorabilia has been added to an auction for a fundraising event in Newton Aycliffe this week. Northern League club Newton Aycliffe will welcome former England, Arsenal and Middlesbrough midfielder Ray Parlour to the town on Friday night. And one of the club’s sponsors,...

Aycliffe NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Apologies to all who may have been waiting anxiously for my next blog, it’s been some time since my last one (I jest!!). I’ve been sunning myself on some much overdue holiday (well, I’ve been away on my holidays – the sunning aspect was a...

A gallery of action pictures from Aycliffe’s 1-0 defeat at Darlington, from Paul Gaythorpe of PK4 Images… ...