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By Glen Robertson The first competitive baseball game will be played on the town this weekend as Newton Aycliffe Spartans begin their debut season in the BBF Northern League. A little under nine months since baseball enthusiast John Johnston set about forming the Spartans, they welcome Manchester Torrent to Horndale Field on...

By Martin Walker Police in Aycliffe are appealing for information after a burglary in the Guthrum Place area of the town. It happened during the early hours of last Saturday (7th April), when a piece of concrete had been thrown through the kitchen window, entry was gained and a WII games console was taken. In his regular blog on...

By Ryan Gillham Durham Wildcats look to close out their first BBL season in a positive way against play-off hopefuls Guildford Heat this weekend at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre. The Wildcats lie at the bottom of the BBL table with the play offs out of their reach so they will be playing for pride in their three remaining...

Police in Newton Aycliffe are trying to trace a man who indecently exposed himself to two teenage girls. The man was driving slowly along Honister Place, Newton Aycliffe, in a black VW Golf when he drew up alongside two 13-year-old girls and exposed himself. The man is described as white, in his 40s with dark hair brushed forward and...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe chairman Gary Farley will tell his players not to bother stepping foot on the bus for Tow Law tomorrow if they think they’re in for an easy ride. The second-bottom Lawyers have already been relegated from the Northern League first division. And Aycliffe go to their Ironworks Road ground tomorrow hoping to...

Tom Warke reviews his Album of the Week – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded… American musician Onika Tanya Maraj, or known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, but was raised in Queens, New York. After releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009, Minaj was signed by Lil Wayne’s record label,...

Newton Aycliffe FC have yet again won the Northern League Programme of the Year award, for the third successive season. In only their third year in the league, the club’s dedicated programme team, headed by editor Paul McGeary, have scooped the top award again. When Aycliffe burst on to the Northern League scene back in 2009, so did...

Craig Liddle spoke to BBC Tees earlier today ahead of Darlington's game at home to Bath City this Saturday. Liddle's interview is now in our Video Vault // ...

By Martin Walker Aycliffe’s Neighbourhood Policing Team says crime in the town is down by 4%. NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards Mark Edwards (pictured) has also told Aycliffe Today that the current crime detection rate stands at 40% - the second highest in the County. In his regular blog on AT, Sergeant Edwards writes: “Overall crime has...