By Martin Walker Byerley Park School have shot to the top of the class after national statistics ranked them the best primary school in Newton Aycliffe. Government data published today show 100% of pupils at Byerley Park are attaining their expected level (Level 4) in English and Maths. All Year 6 pupils are also making the expected...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe FC have today been dealt a huge injury blow, with defender Mark Peck ruled out for the rest of the season. The 21-year-old left-sided player, who’s been a revelation for Aycliffe since joining the club in September 2010, has had to undergo emergency surgery on a burst artery in his lower leg. The...

A pervert who indecently assaulted children in Newton Aycliffe almost 30 years ago has been jailed for three years. Clive Alborough, 72, committed the assaults on three young children while living in Aycliffe, between March 24, 1981, and October 24, 1984, Newcastle Crown Court heard yesterday. Alborough, who now lives in Reading, pleaded...

By Martin Walker Developers are hoping to complete the last phase of the Cobblers Hall housing development after submitting plans to Durham County Council. But the proposals won’t reach the council’s planning committee until April, Aycliffe Today has been told. Keepmoat Homes want to build 182 new dwellings on the last plot of...

The third and final part of MP Phil Wilson’s interview is now live on Aycliffe Today! Mr Wilson, MP for Sedgefield, gave us an exclusive one-to-one interview to celebrate the website’s launch this week. The final of three parts, which is just under four minutes long, covers the Government’s plans to introduce the so-called “local...

By Martin Walker Durham County Council have defended a report that they’re one of the highest spenders in employees’ pensions. New figures have revealed local councils in the North-East paid out more than £280m in contributions to employees’ pensions last year, with Durham County one of the highest in the country at £54m. But...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe Spartans get their pre-season training underway this weekend ahead of their first ever campaign. The baseball club, set-up by Aycliffe-resident John Johnston last year after he took an interest in the sport but found there wasn’t a local team to play for, will begin their preparations for the Leicester...

Hi everyone and welcome to my first blog for this exciting new website for the people of Newton Aycliffe. For those who don't know, I'm originally from Aycliffe and I'm now a professional footballer with Premier League club Chelsea, based in London. I signed a four-year deal with them two-and-a-half years ago, joining from Middlesbrough...

No midweek game for Aycliffe this week, but there was one other game in the Northern League first division tonight. Ex-Darlington striker John Campbell, signed from Bedlington Terriers last week, scored for West Auckland as they went back to the top of the table with a 3-1 win at 11th-placed Newcastle Benfield. In Division Two tonight,...

The second part of MP Phil Wilson's interview is now live on Aycliffe Today! Mr Wilson, MP for Sedgefield, gave us an exclusive one-to-one interview to celebrate the website’s launch this week. The second part, which is just under five minutes long, covers the proposed wind farm near Newton Aycliffe and the crisis facing Durham Tees...