By Martin Walker Newcastle United legend Micky Quinn is coming to Newton Aycliffe for a fundraising dinner in March. The Geordie hero, who starred for the Magpies from 1989-92, will be the guest speaker at a Sportsman’s Evening at Newton Aycliffe WMC (The Big Club), to raise money for Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre AFC, on Friday 8th...

Glen Robertson previews Newton Aycliffe’s game at home to Celtic Nation this Saturday… Newton Aycliffe hope to finally get a game on at Moore Lane Park this weekend, as Celtic Nation make the trip across the A66. The Royal Blues can take another step towards safety if the game is cleared to go ahead, following Wednesday night’s...

Tickets are still remaining for a “Dream Men” show in Newton Aycliffe this weekend. The over-18s do – featuring scantily-clad, raunchy dancers – will be staged at Newton Aycliffe Sports Club on Friday night (8th February), from 7.30pm. The organisers, Newton Aycliffe Football Club, have quashed rumours that star player Stuart...

Our panel of three Aycliffe ‘experts’ give their predictions for this weekend’s game… One point is award for the correct result (win, lose or draw), and three points are awarded for the correct scoreline. Glen hit the exact score last week while Paul wasn't far off and got the result right. Daniel, well, say no...

Durham Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee has been looking at the road safety initiatives provided by the authority and its partners to protect children and young people living in the region. The review highlights that casualty reduction is an important priority for the council and its partners and a...

Councillors have agreed budget proposals affecting council-owned housing across County Durham. Members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet also agreed rent levels for 2013/14 and confirmed funding for a substantial two-year investment programme aimed at maintaining decent homes standards. The detailed proposals set out in the Cabinet...

Middlesbrough FC’s matchday programme is in safe hands – thanks to a £600,000 investment by HPM Group. The Newton Aycliffe, famous for printing football publications, is always at the cutting edge of technology, and has recently invested in a Swiss-made Perfect Binding machine. It means they’re the only printer in the North-East...

Woodham Gymnastics Academy took part in a competition held at the University of Cumbria at the end of January. The gymnasts had to perform an individual floor routine and a vault to begin with. They then had to perform a routine as a trio which include complex trio balances. The girls involved were Gabrielle Welsh, Victoria Archer,...

Newton Aycliffe’s match at home to South Shields tonight has been postponed. The Newtonians were due to take on the struggling Tyneside club, who are bottom of the Ebac Northern League first division table having lost their last 10 games, this evening. But the Moore Lane Park playing surface was this afternoon deemed unplayable due to...

By Martin Walker The instigator behind Aycliffe Business Park’s exciting new community group has revealed how he’s making progress in helping to tidy up areas of the industrial estate – including the disgraceful former Sanyo site. It was the original idea of Finley Structures managing director John Finley to set up the new Aycliffe...