Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… DAY EIGHT REVIEW France 2-0 Ukraine A win for the co-hosts would have put them into the quarter-finals, but they got no where near as a classy France side won 2-0, after the match was suspended for an hour due to a...

By Martin Walker Sunday will represent a proud day in the history of Woodham College when two people from the school will carry the Olympic Torch. Student Richie Howe will carry the Torch, which passes through Aycliffe shortly after 3.30pm on Sunday, for a 300-metre stint in Darlington. The school’s PE teacher and Assistant Head...

By Martin Walker A Newton Aycliffe company has invested £450,000 on a new state-of-the-art crane. SCH Site Services, based on Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe, has received delivery of the new Terex Challenger 3160, manufactured and shipped from Zweibrucken in Germany, boasting the first of its kind operating in the...

By Martin Walker The hope of making history is still burning within Jason Steele after he was included in a 35-man provisional squad for Team GB. Head coach Stuart Pearce trimmed his squad from 80 to 35 over the last few days and Steele survived the cull, keeping him in line to be the first Boro player since George Hardwick to represent...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe schoolboy Richie Howe says he’s “honoured and privileged” at the prospect of carrying the Olympic Torch on Sunday. The Torch passes through Middridge on Sunday and is expected in Aycliffe from 3.30pm. It will start at the roundabout adjacent to the Youth Centre at 3.36pm, then will travel along Burn...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe’s latest signing hopes to bring goals to Allan Oliver’s side next season. Striker Gavin Barton has followed Martin Young and Kris Hughes to Moore Lane Park to round-up an impressive hat-trick of signings in the last week. The former Spennymoor Town and Consett forward says he hopes to bring goals to the...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe police officers have joined forces with local residents to help a pensioner suffering from anti-social problems in the Horndale area of the town. At a Police And Communities Together (PACT) meeting on Wednesday night this week, residents expressed their concerns for local pensioner Alice Hillerby. The...

Aycliffe Today Sports Editor and Newton Aycliffe FC reporter Glen Robertson continues his daily Euro 2012 blog… DAY SEVEN REVIEW Italy 1-1 Croatia Croatia kept up their unbeaten record against the Italians as Mario Mandzukic’s second-half equaliser earned a deserved point. The brilliant Andrea Pirlo had opened the scoring for the...

By Martin Walker The region's police forces are preparing to welcome the Olympic Torch as it passes through Newton Aycliffe this week. The torch will pass through Newton Aycliffe, travelling from Burn Lane roundabout, along Central Avenue and up St. Cuthbert’s Way on Sunday (17th June), at about 3.30pm. Planning for the Torch Relay...

By Paul McGeary Newton Aycliffe completed a headline-grabbing swoop when they signed former Spennymoor Town and Sunderland RCA hitman Gavin Barton. With star striker Dan Mellanby opting to join the Darlington revolution and Warren Byrne joining Crook Town, Newtonians' boss Allan Oliver moved for the 26-year-old frontman, a prolific...