By Martin Walker A woman has died following a house fire in Newton Aycliffe. County Durham and Darlington fire and rescue service, paramedics and police attended the blaze at the property in Honister Place shortly before 1pm today. The 65-year-old victim, reported to have been trapped in the house, was taken by ambulance to Darlington...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week's TV highlights... Five Picks of the Week 56 Up: Monday 9pm, ITV1. Michael Apted returns to host the hit Granada documentary as we meet up with the group that were first shown nearly 50 years ago, when they were just 7 years old. Now into their mid-50s the participants look back on their life so far:...

By Paul McGeary Ask any musician what was the pinnacle of their career and most if not all will point to headlining a huge home-coming gig in their native town or city. Be it U2 playing Slane Castle in 2001 or the time when Oasis played at Maine Road in 1996, there will be fewer better memories for any group or artist when they reflect...

By Martin Walker The old Southerne Club building was finally demolished this week after standing derelict for years. The site on Hawkshead Place is now being cleared, to make way for a new care home. See our gallery of pictures showing the demolished site Chester-le-Street-based Gainford Care Homes, which built and owns Lindisfarne...

Chelsea star and Newtonian ROSS TURNBULL continues his exclusive blog on Aycliffe Today... It's certainly been a rollercoaster of emotions over the last few weeks since my last blog, but there's been more highs than lows. The Champions League semi-final, second leg in Barcelona was something else. It really was special. I talked in my...

Newton Aycliffe Police and the Safer Neighbourhood Unit would like to invite you to a Bike Marking event. The FREE Bike Marking event will take place on Saturday 19th May on Beveridge Way in the town centre. This is part of the Local Motion launch which is promoting sustainable transport in South Durham. The event runs from 9.30am...

Tom Warke reviews his Album of the Week – The Cribs’ latest release, In the Belly of the Brazen Bull... English three-piece Indie band The Cribs, were formed in late 2001. The band consists of twin brothers Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. In the early years they first played at venues such as the...

See our gallery of pictures showing the demolished Southerne Club site this week ...

Newton Aycliffe RUFC will be in the final of the Durham Junior Plate for the third year running this weekend. With the withdrawal of semi-final opponents Jarrovians, Aycliffe will now play Seaham, who beat Sedgefield in the other semi-final of the competition. Aycliffe are the current holders of the trophy and have every intention of...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe Spartans are still looking for that elusive first win in the British Baseball Federation North League AA Division after suffering a double defeat to the Hull Scorpions at the weekend. The Spartans went down 17-1 in the first and 15-4 in the second against the league leaders on Humberside, but ticked off...