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Consett man Ben Aitken transformed his health after an NHS check revealed he had an 18 per cent risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Ayman Al Ammar, 24, of Darlington, has been fined £308 and handed six penalty points after failing to provide information identifying the driver of a BMW.

A man who sent sexualised messages to what he thought was a 12-year-old girl online landed his partner, at the time, in trouble with police.

A Chester-le-Street play park has said that their staff have faced an increase in verbal abuse over the six-week school holidays.

A man who made his long-term partner’s life “hell” in the months after his release from custody, is back behind bars.

To mark National Dog Day on Wednesday, 26th August, dog owners are being urged to stop judging a successful walk by the number of miles covered and give their dogs more time to follow their noses.

Following the sell-out success of last year's Jaws 50th Anniversary screening, Gala Durham is preparing to launch a major new cinema season, The Blockbuster Era: When Movies Became Events, opening with a special screening of Back To The Future on Saturday 5 September 2026.

Almost a third of adults in the North East (31%) don’t know that regular exercise can reduce your risk of developing bowel cancer, a YouGov poll commissioned by Bowel Cancer UK has found. *

Durham Jazz Festival is seeing strong demand ahead of its inaugural event this October, with its first show now sold out and several more performances approaching capacity.

The move will trigger a by-election to replace the former prime minister in his London constituency.

Met Office figures show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.

A seven-year-old girl and her aunt died in the fire in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on 26 August.

The UK says Falkland islanders "are British with a right to determine their own future".

Join us for live updates throughout transfer deadline day as Newcastle United, Sunderland and Middlesbrough all look to add to their squad

Middlesbrough signing Rokas Pukstas is still waiting for visa and international clearance ahead of game with Burnley at Turf Moor

Newcastle United have wrapped up their summer of incoming business with the signing of Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille

Malick Fofana's move to Sunderland appears to be in doubt after a fresh twist just a couple of hours after the Black Cats agreed a deal to sign the winger