Durham OnAir

Darlington and County Durham are dotted with villages whose histories stretch back hundreds of years, but not every medieval settlement survived.

Bishop Auckland woman Molly Brown, 25, has been fined and ordered to pay compensation after admitting assaulting five police officers during an incident in the County Durham town, Peterlee Magistrates’ Court heard.

A ‘storybook’ County Durham town has been praised by visitors for its ‘timeless charm’, with some saying a trip there is like ‘stepping back in time’.

A "foolish" mum hid drugs in her mouth in a desperate bid to smuggle them into Durham Prison for her inmate son.

Househunters looking to buy a spacious family home that also offers the potential for more might find that this property in a hamlet just outside the village of Tantobie has everything they want and more.

Seven people, including two police officers, have died in a crash on the A66 near Southbank. The crash, between a marked police car and a Volkswagen Passat occured at 3:39am on Saturday morning. 

A Durham mental health charity which uses arts and crafts to support local people’s well-being is getting event more hands-on in its work with the help of a second four-figure grant from a regional employer.

A former Ferryhill pub with a history stretching back almost 150 years is to go under the hammer with a guide price of just £60,000.

Students at New College Durham (NCD) are celebrating their GCSE results today, with staff praising their determination, resilience and hard work and reminding anyone disappointed by their grades that there is still a route forward.

Town pays its respects to a family who died after getting into difficulty in the water off West Sussex.

Lord O'Neill, former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, was tipped to become Andy Burnham's chief economic adviser.

The smell of burning from the Blaenavon wildfire was reported 30 miles away in Cardiff.

Police say George Glover, 27, died in hospital days after being assaulted.

Kim Hellberg's verdict on what cost Middlesbrough in their 2-1 defeat at Blackburn Rovers

How Middlesbrough's players rated in the 2-1 defeat at Blackburn

Regis Le Bris admits his Sunderland players shot themselves in the foot as they crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Ipswich Town

Player Ratings from Sunderland's 2-1 defeat to Ipswich Town at Portman Road on opening weekend of Premier League season