Two of the people who had been in the water were taken to hospital along with a parent of one of the casualties after lifeboat crews launched ...

Earlier in the week, the US president branded the Tehran regime ‘scum’ and said it was ‘a waste of time’ dealing with it.

Durham Police are looking into reports that a person was attacked on a field close to North Durham Academy in Stanley.

Patricia Greene, the longest continuously serving actor in BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers, has died aged 95. The star, whose ...

The Durham Miners' Association has confirmed the speaker line-up for this year's Big Meeting. Working-class unity is set to be the central theme of the 140th Durham Miners' Gala, organisers say, with ...

Opened in 1920 and kept in the same family throughout its history, Valente's owner Sue, who has worked there since the age of ...

Our murder inquiry is in its early stages but moving at a significant pace. We are deploying all of the necessary resources ...

A North East dessert brand known as the “home of desserts” will officially open its doors tomorrow in Seaham, after months of ...

Bafta-winning actor Micheal Ward has been cleared of raping a woman in the back of a Mercedes after meeting her outside a new year party. The star, 28, denied assaulting the woman in his friend’s car ...

The weekend in Darlington will be dry and warm overall, with Friday hottest, Saturday still warm, and Sunday slightly cooler ...

A birds of prey event at Hopetown Darlington has been cancelled amid the "threat of protest" from vegan groups.

Three men are to be sentenced in September for the manslaughter of Aiden Matthews. The 31-year-old was assaulted on New ...