A hit play will run in Darlington next month to help fund the town’s football club. The comedy drama Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather runs at Darlington Civic Theatre from July 24 to 27. It sold out at Durham Gala theatre in 2009 and transferred to Newcastle's Theatre Royal in 2010, where it got standing ovations. About the amazing...

Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… Portugal 1-0 Czech Republic The Cristiano Ronaldo show made compelling viewing in the first quarter-final. The Real Madrid striker was at his menacing best, as Czech Republic’s ploy of playing for penalties was scuppered...

Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… Since there were no games yesterday, I’ll have to fill this space with something else. The one thing that’s guaranteed to get people worked up is to hand out a bunch of 'group stage' awards. Joe Hart (England);...

Newton Aycliffe will be welcoming Darlington to Moore Lane Park this season, after the Quakers’ appeal to the FA was rejected. Not only will the club be playing in the Northern League this campaign, they will be unable to be referred to as Darlington FC and will not be entering either the FA Cup or the FA Vase. Denis Pinnegar, 1883 Ltd...

By Glen Robertson One of the torchbearers through Newton Aycliffe admits to being “taken aback” with the support she received at this weekend’s Olympic torch relay through the region. Sophie Hughes (pictured above), from Bishop Auckland, picked up the flame just after the Blue Bridge on Sunday in front of her family, friends, her...

A project to help families through difficult times is encouraging people to take part. Strengthening families is a seven week programme for families with ten to 14-year-olds where behaviour management is becoming difficult. Run by Sure Start, the course engages families in problem solving, learning about rules and consequences and...

The next Woodham Ward PACT meeting will be held next week. The meeting will be held on Monday June 25, at Woodham Community Centre, St Elizabeth close, at 6pm. Durham Constabulary is dedicated to making your neighbourhood safer. If you have any issues affecting your quality of life and want to discuss it with your Neighbourhood Policing...

By Glen Robertson Two Newton Aycliffe schools are teaming up to introduce young students to samba music. Woodham Community Technology College and St Francis’ Primary School are hoping the children introduced to the genre can perform for the well-established Woodham Samba Band. Staff and students from Woodham are running weekly...

By Glen Robertson James Askew won the annual Newton Aycliffe 10k for the second successive year, on the day the Olympic torch visited the town. Askew, who runs for Durham City Harriers, finished with a time of 32 minutes and 18 seconds to finish just one second ahead of 2010 winner James Bulman. Rosie Smith, from the Durham Harriers,...

Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… DAY TWELVE REVIEW England 1-0 Ukraine Sweden 2-0 France England are through to the quarter-finals, and they have avoided Spain. Great, right?  Well, we’ll see. It was a professional job by England, but it could...