A man accused of murdering his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter has declined to give evidence at his trial. Michael Daymond, 27, denies fatally injuring Maya Chappell at their home in Shotton ...

Plans to convert a former stables in Shotton Colliert into a home have been approved by Durham County Council.

A County Durham community is celebrating after plans for a new youth centre received a multi-million pound funding boost. The Outreach Youth Hub will be built in Shotton Colliery as part of a bid to ...

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A man accused of killing a County Durham toddler has appeared at crown court for the first time. Maya Louise Chappell was found in a critical condition after police attended an address in Shotton ...

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the felling of a village Christmas tree. Durham Constabulary issued the picture of the man after the beloved tree in ...

An arsonist who lit a firework and posted it through a woman's letterbox trapping her inside has been jailed. Robert Wilkinson had been arguing with the victim in a street in Shotton Colliery, County ...

A woman in her 30s has died following a skydiving accident at a farm in County Durham over the weekend, police have revealed. Emergency services rushed to Wreford's Farm in Shotton Colliery, County ...