// Aycliffe’s top tipster shares his two top tips of the day, as he takes on the bookmakers... Racing 2.40, Newbury CROSS THE FLAGS. £10 WITH Ladbrokes pays you £70. Form duo AP McCoy saddles for trainer Jonjo O’Neill as Cross The Flags aims to keep up her impressive record which has seen her finish in the top-four in each of her...

Cymon Lee has demanded back-to-back victories ahead of the visit of Houghton to bring an end to the visitors’ hopes of a top-three finish - and keep their own promotion dream alive. Lee (pictured) has seen his side win three successive games on home turf – against Chester-Le-Street, Jarrovians and South Tyneside College - but have since...

By Glen Robertson Brian Atkinson returns to Moore Lane Park on Saturday as reigning Northern League champions Spennymoor make their first visit to Newton Aycliffe. Moors, coached by Newtonian Atkinson, are looking for a third consecutive first division title and are currently six points behind leaders Sunderland RCA, with three games in...

Newton Aycliffe NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his weekly blog on Aycliffe Today… It’s the end of yet another hectic week in Newton Aycliffe – the time just seems to whizz by. As many of you may know there was a multi-agency training exercise held on Wednesday morning involving INEOS on the Industrial Estate. This played...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe Spartans head to Leicester this weekend to take part in the inaugural Leicester Spring League. The competition is a warm-up for their first ever British Baseball Federation Northern (BBF) League campaign. Spartans are one of six teams taking part in the pre-season tournament organised by the Leicester...

By Ryan Gillham The bottom two teams in the BBL Championship face each other at the Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre this Saturday evening as the Durham Wildcats welcome the Mersey Tigers. Durham Wildcats have found it tough so far this season after only claiming two wins in their first BBL campaign, both coming against the Cheshire Jets....

A woman was jailed for eight months after she cashed stolen cheques worth more than £2,500 from a Newton Aycliffe home. As reported in The Northern Echo today, Christina Walton took cheques from a house in the town, where she was staying temporarily, before cashing them. The 32-year-old, of Clyde Terrace, Coundon, said the...

Craig Liddle says he's reluctantly staying on as Darlington manager, after admitting considering his position with Quakers. Liddle's full pre-match interview with BBC Tees is now available to see in our Video Vault //  ...

By Martin Walker Darlington have signed defender Haydn Hollis on loan from Notts County until the end of the season. The centre-back goes straight into Craig Liddle’s squad for this Saturday’s trip to Kidderminster Harriers. Hollis spent a short spell on loan at Barrow earlier in the season, playing in the Bluebirds' 1-0 win...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe FC are already beginning their preparations for the 2012-13 season by appointing a new commission-based corporate fundraising role to boost club funds. The Northern League club are currently seventh in the Northern League first division in their inaugural top-flight campaign. It looks like they’ll...