Brodie Millichap picks out this week's TV highlights... Picks of the Week The Syndicate (pictured): Tuesday 9pm, BBC1. A new drama starring Timothy Spall and Matthew McNulty, which is based around a five-strong syndicate of staff at a struggling supermarket. They are all down on their luck, with their futures uncertain, when they win...

Colin McNeilie's action pitures from Aycliffe's 1-0 defeat at home to Spennymoor...    ...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s losing streak stretched to four games with a derby defeat at home to Spennymoor Town. The eagerly-awaited local tie didn’t live up to expectation, as the two sides saw out a drab affair in front of a 313 crowd at Moore Lane Park. Craig Ruddy’s 17th-minute goal was enough for the champions to...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe slipped to a fourth-consecutive defeat, as title challengers Spennymoor left Moore Lane Park with a 1-0 victory. Moors, coached by Newtonian Brian Atkinson, won thanks to Craig Ruddy’s 17th minute goal, in front of 313 people on a gloriously sunny day at Newton Aycliffe Sports Club. Aycliffe are now...

Saturday March 24, 2012 Courtesy of Ray Simpson FA Carlsberg Vase semi finals first leg Dunston 1, Staveley 0 Herne Bay 2 West Auckland 2 STL Northern League Division One Bedlington 1, Guisborough 2 Billingham Synthonia 3, Penrith 1 Billingham Town 3, Tow Law 2 Bishop Auckland 3, Newcastle Benfield 2 Consett 1, Ashington...

Brian Atkinson said it was strange to sit in the opposition dug-out at Moore Lane Park on Saturday. Aycliffe's former coach, now Spennymoor's assistant manager, returned to take three points from Aycliffe. Go to our Video Vault to see his reaction // ...

Police continue their tough name-and-shame policy this week as they publish more local offenders. In his latest blog on Aycliffe Today, Neighbourhood Policing Team Sergeant Mark Edwards has informed our readers about two separate crimes in the town, involving four people. Three young men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday...

By Tom Warke American indie rock band The Shins are back with a new album ‘Port of Morrow’. This is their first studio album since 2007 and the first to be released through James Mercer’s own record label, Aural Apothecary. Formed back in 1996 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Shins have three previous albums, their last...

A violent sex attacker who staged a series of rapes on victims as young as ten was found guilty of raping a complete stranger more than a decade earlier. Antoni Imiela, originally from Newton Aycliffe, was convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey of raping Sheila Jankowitz in the early hours of Christmas Day, 1987. As reported in The...

Our resident North-East football expert has cast his opinion on the games around the region this weekend... Try our feedback button, and see if you can beat him! Sunderland versus Queens Park Rangers Premier League, Saturday (3pm) There’s no hiding from the fact that they were awful on Tuesday night against Blackburn, with this...