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… ...

By Ryan Gillham Durham Wildcats started their pre-season campaign in style after defeating Middlesbrough Lions 41-116 at Eston Sports Complex, home of the Lions with a new look team with only 4 players from last season’s roster making a return. The Wildcats began the game with all new starters and they started the game brightly opening...

Darlington 1, Newton Aycliffe 0 By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe produced a five-star away performance at Bishop Auckland on Wednesday night – but were undone by a late Darlo goal. David Dowson seized on a moment of indecision by stand-in goalkeeper Steve Richardson to head home a 78th-minute clincher at Heritage Park. But...

Former Boro midfielder Ray Parlour is set to return to the North-East for a fundraising supper in Newton Aycliffe this week – and we have tickets to giveaway for the do. The ex-England star will appear at Aycliffe Workingmen’s Club on Friday night for a supper organised by the town’s football club. Entertainment on the night, which...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe steel firm hoping to be involved in the construction of Hitachi’s new £77m train-building facility has recently completed two major contracts in the region. Finley Structures, based less than a mile away from Amazon Park, the site of Hitachi Rail Europe’s proposed state-of-the-art factory on...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe boss Allan Oliver admits his side will be up against it when they go to Northern League title favourites Darlington tonight. The Newtonians go to Bishop Auckland’s Heritage Park this evening to take on derby rivals Quakers in their first-ever competitive meeting. Click here to see important travel and...