Durham OnAir

Ummar Younis, 29, has been banned from driving for 60 days after being caught speeding on the A1(M) between Aycliffe and Bradbury.

Plans for a new emergency department at University Hospital of North Durham will have to start again after funding failed to materialise and the estimated cost rose to as much as £80m.

A test screening day is being staged by an independent prostate cancer support group in a community centre on the outskirts of Durham, on Thursday (August 27).

A psychiatric report is to be prepared on a man who has admitted starting a fire inside a house, being reckless as to the danger caused to life and property in doing so.

A new County Durham Farmfoods is on track to open before the end of the year, the company has said, as construction work gathers pace at the long-unused site.

More than 100 remarkable vehicles will take their places against the historic backdrop of Durham city centre when the Durham Classic Car Show returns on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August.

Country Music star Dolly Parton has died aged 80 her family has announced on social media.

Cleveland police have named the five men who were killed in a collision with police on the A66 on Saturday morning.

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. 

Millions of households will be affected by an increase in the energy price cap by regulator Ofgem.

Torrential downpours will affect parts of England and Wales, delivering some of the wettest weather in several weeks

They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.

The house belonging to Cole Worthy's father is significantly damaged and its windows are smashed.

Kim Hellberg has explained his Adilson Malanda and Aidan Morris calls for Middlesbrough's Carabao Cup win at Doncaster

Player Ratings from Middlesbrough's 3-1 win at Doncaster Rovers with Jeremy Sarmiento the Man of the Match

Will Lankshear scored again as Middlesbrough beat Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the second round of the Carabao Cup

Kim Hellberg has named a strong starting line-up featuring five changes for Middlesbrough's Carabao Cup second-round tie at Doncaster Rovers