Brodie Millichap picks out this week's TV highlights... Five Picks of the Week: We Love The Monkees: Monday 9pm, ITV1. Special tribute to the famous band The Monkees (pictured) looking back on their glitzy career, including their musical talent and their popular TV show. The stardom of Davy Jones is also highlighted, who died in...

By Martin Walker The much-awaited new Aldi store in Newton Aycliffe is expected to be open before Christmas, it was confirmed today. Town centre manager Bryan Haldane, pictured with the town’s MP Phil Wilson on the site earlier today, says he expects the Aldi shop to be open for business in early December. Aldi are spending £1.5m...

An Aycliffe woman has been jailed for breaching an anti-social behaviour order. As revealed in Sergeant Mark Edwards’ regular blog on Aycliffe Today, Lynne Michelle Pogson, 39, from the town, was committed to prison for 56 days after appearing at Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court. Meanwhile, Bernard Alexander Mann, 25, from Aycliffe...

The Chairman of Durham County Council, Cllr Linda Marshall, has returned to school in Newton Aycliffe. Accompanied by her husband and consort, Cllr David Marshall, the chairman visited Woodham Community Technical College in Newton Aycliffe. The chairman wanted to meet the students who designed and manufactured, at the school, the medals...

We’ve been given exclusive video access inside Aldi’s proposed new £1.5m store in Newton Aycliffe. The town’s MP Phil Wilson spoke to Aycliffe Today inside the new building, which is expected to be ready later this year. Go to our Video Vault to see the interview now  ...

Woodham Community Technology College, which will become Woodham Academy on 1st September, has opened a cricket academy to provide professional coaching to talented cricketers. Students selected for the U12s, U13s, U14s and U15s squads attended the launch of Woodham Sports Academy earlier this month. Year 7 students starting at Woodham...

Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Hello again, You know the saying ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’? Well it could almost be the teams tagline! The police are, have been, and probably always will be in the unenviable position of facing criticism for...

Newton Aycliffe have launched a brand new online store for fans to buy club merchandise. Supporters will soon be able to buy replica shirts, t-shirts, tracksuits and other merchandise from nafc-online.co.uk, a stand-alone site which has been specifically set-up for online sales. Tickets for the club’s dinner with guest speaker Ray...

Newton Aycliffe’s pre-season preparations continue with a trip to newly-promoted side Richmond Town on Saturday. Aycliffe comfortably beat Northern Alliance League side Percy Main Amateurs on Wednesday night. And Allan Oliver will take his side to Richmond this weekend as he continues his build-up to the new season, which kicks off in...

By Martin Walker Our MP Phil Wilson says the £4.5bn Intercity Express Programme will be the “making” of Newton Aycliffe. After years of delays, the Government this morning finally announced the deal with Agility Trains, a consortium led by Hitachi Rail Europe, which will bring more than 900 jobs to the town. Hitachi’s initial...