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An inmate “hearing voices” poured boiling water on his sleeping cellmate as he thought the other prisoner was going to kill him.

X Factor winner Joe McElderry helped raise over £11,000 for St Cuthbert’s Hospice at a Ladies Lunch event held at Ramside Hall Hotel in County Durham.

Sam Cornwell, 46, from Hampshire, was filming another skydiver near Shotton airfield in County Durham in April 2024 when his main parachute failed to open properly.

A man who fatally stabbed a County Durham dad-of-two in a motel car park in Australia, telling police, “Yeah, I stabbed a guy”, has been found not criminally responsible for murder.

Court documents say 30-year-old Royce Mallett, from County Durham, was visiting the town of Albury in New South Wales in July 2024 when he was stabbed once in the chest.

Durham Markets is calling on knitters, crocheters, craft groups and community organisations across the region to take part in a major community project to mark Remembrance Day 2026. The ambitious initiative aims to create 12,600 handmade poppies – one for every soldier of the Durham Light Infantry who lost their lives during the World Wars.

Momentum is rapidly building on site at Kynren – The Storied Lands, as construction of the spectacular Lost Feather arena reaches a major new milestone ahead of its opening this July.

Visit County Durham has welcomed Patricia Yates, Chief Executive Officer of VisitBritain/VisitEngland, to the destination, showcasing the county’s thriving visitor offer and the strength of the sector.

Tanfield Railway, the world’s oldest railway, is offering visitors the rare opportunity to step onto the footplate and take control of one its industrial steam locomotives with the launch of its new Steam Driver Experiences.

There were some lines in the speech that may have buoyed Democrats – and raised eyebrows in the White House.

Current rules state that three unsuccessful pregnancies are needed to trigger NHS support - but a pilot project could bring about change.

A Conservative-led motion sought to have the prime minister's remarks assessed by Privileges Committee.

No 10 has expended considerable political capital in keeping Labour MPs onside over the Mandelson vetting row.

Sunderland are set to make improvements on and off the pitch this summer as the Black Cats look to build on this season's success

Kim Hellberg says Middlesbrough will again analyse their injury record at the end of the season in a bid to try and prevent as many issues moving forward

What Middlesbrough need to happen on the final day to finish second in the Championship after Southampton and Ipswich's 2-2 draw on Tuesday night

Sunderland's Brian Brobbey has been quizzed on transfer links with Bayern Munich and Chelsea