By Martin Walker Former Newton Aycliffe coach Brian Atkinson has been appointed  Spennymoor Town’s new assistant manager. The 41-year-old ex-Sunderland and Darlington midfielder played a major role in Aycliffe’s rise from the Durham Alliance League to the Northern League top flight in the last four years. He took a step back from...

Newton Aycliffe Spartans, the newly-formed baseball team based in the town, are busy preparing for their inaugural season in the British Baseball Federation (BBF). The club, formed last summer, will be playing in the BBF Northern AA Division, taking on teams from Manchester, Sheffield, Oldham, Hull and Harrogate. Training started in the...

Members of the public are invited to get involved in and find out more about the Durham City Conservation Area. In support of that aim Durham County Council is hosting two drop in events for any local residents, business owners and other interested parties to come along to. The purpose of these events is to explain more about the...

Sunderland RCA went back to the top of the Northern League first division on Tuesday night with a 2-1 win at home to Stokesley. Newton Aycliffe, currently sixth in the table, go to RCA this Saturday in a re-arranged fixture. Ex-Boro star Nathan Porritt was on target for Stokesley in Sunderland, but goals by Adam McGuiness and Robert...

Rules governing how streets in County Durham are officially named will be discussed by councillors next week. A draft Street Naming and Numbering Policy will be presented to members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet when they meet on Wednesday, 7 March. The council has a statutory duty for the naming and numbering of streets across...

Richmondshire 24,  Newton Aycliffe 10 Newton Aycliffe Rugby Club lost ground on the promotion places in Durham and Northumberland Division Three with a disappointing defeat at Richmondshire. With a number of players unavailable, Stuie McLean came in for his first game of the season. Richmondshire’s large pack, playing downhill,...

Budding DJs are taking to the airwaves at a Newton Aycliffe School thanks to Area Action Partnership funding to set up their own radio station. Greenfield School and Community Arts College is setting up and running Synergy Radio to help pupils learn more about developing and designing radio shows with daily themes and focuses. GAMP...

Darlington defender Paul Arnison talks about a Race Night and auction the Quakers players have organised to raise money for the proposed community club. Go to our Video Vault to see it now...  ...

The nation’s newest BBL team is making County Durham businesses an offer it hopes will prove too good to refuse. With a goal of raising £10,000 for club development, the Wildcats, based at Durham County Council’s Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, will introduce ten thousand local youngsters to the sport. The club is looking for 20...

A Newton Aycliffe man has been jailed for 18 months for a mini crime spree following the tragic death of his twin babies. A judge branded Mark Blackburn’s history as “horrendous and appalling” after committing a number of crimes while on licence from a 30-month burglary sentence. As reported in the Northern Echo today, the tragedy...