Durham OnAir

Durham Constabulary “carried out little or no activity to identify perpetrators who criminally or sexually exploited children”, a watchdog has warned.

A Shildon man who casually walked up behind a fellow resident in a supported accommodation home and stabbed him in the back has been locked up.

A Bishop Auckland motorist who was pulled over for having no insurance was found have a knife stashed away in his centre console.

Darlington will see a cool but mostly dry Friday and Saturday, with temperatures rising into the low teens, turning milder but wetter on Sunday, with frequent showers likely.

Sedgefield Players Youth Section staged a colourful production of Alice in Wonderland at Sedgefield Parish Hall

Young children are less likely to react negatively to the smell of vegetables they were repeatedly exposed to pre-birth, according to a new study.

Over half (54%) of people in the North East oppose the Government’s proposed holiday tax, according to a major new poll of over 10,000 adults across Great Britain, commissioned by UKHospitality.

New casting is announced for the multi-award-winning hit stage show Moulin Rouge! The Musical which will be welcomed by Sunderland Empire from Friday 5 – Saturday 27 June as part of its first ever world tour.

English Touring Opera (ETO), the nation’s leading touring opera company, bring two brand-new productions to Gala Theatre Durham in May 2026. Featuring the company’s first ever production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s fizzing comedy The Gondoliers and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci in a new English translation, ETO also bring a new opera for children, Ada and the Code Crusaders, to schools in Durham.

Too much bacteria linked to faeces found at almost all England's designated river bathing sites

The regulator say the energy supplier breached licence conditions aimed at protecting customers in vulnerable situations.

Agencies said the risk to pupils and the wider public following the cases of meningitis remains low.

"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Regis Le Bris is predicting a bright future for Chemsdine Talbi – and expects the Sunderland winger to progress again next season

Eddie Howe insists he has not given up on Anthony Elanga and still expects the winger to be a major success at Newcastle United

Young skateboarders, scooter riders and BMX bikers in Darlington will soon be trying out new tricks on the North East's first resi quarter ramp after a fundraising campaign hit its £13,000 target.

The EFL hearing into the 'Spygate' controversy will take place "on or before" Tuesday, May 19, with a definitive date and time still to be finalised