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...

Aycliffe boss Allan Oliver talks to Aycliffe Today ahead of Saturday's big derby at home to Spennymoor Town. Oliver talks about his side's defeat at Penrith last weekend, the current losing streak and tomorrow's big game against rivals Spenny, and the return of Moors assistant manager Brian Atkinson. Go to our Video Vault to see the...

// 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....