Durham OnAir

A man who has admitted assaulting and strangling his wife at a time he was taking a mix of alcohol and medication, is to be sentenced in the New Year.

A senior care assistant stopped as he was about to drive home over the alcohol limit was reported to police by the man he had been drinking with, a court heard.

Walter Farrow, 54, from Stokesley, has been banned from driving for six months after repeatedly speeding, including exceeding the limit on the A1(M) in County Durham.

Sheelagh Alice Bright, 58, from Peterlee, County Durham, has been fined after admitting to driving over the 50 mph speed limit on the A690 in her Volvo on August 29, 2024

Sight Ltd, an optician based in Peterlee, has partnered with The Hearing Care Partnership to introduce full hearing care services at its location in Castle Dene Shopping Centre.

Bishop Auckland’s Christmas Town is back, for a fifth consecutive year, with organisers promising to again transform County Durham into the “Christmas Capital of the North,” from December 4 to 7. This annual event welcomed 32,000 visitors in 2024 and returns to Bishop Auckland’s historic marketplace and town centre, bringing festive markets, fairground rides, wandering performers, street food, an ice rink, Santa’s Grotto and family-friendly entertainment.

More than 350 local people turned out in Langley Park to visit the village’s Mining Memories photography exhibition from 27 October to 6 November to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Langley Park pit.

The collecting passion of a County Durham man is set to take centre stage in Woolley and Wallis’ Japanese & Works of Art sale this week. The late Ian Wilson (d. 2024), carefully curated an exceptional collection of Japanese Works on Paper for over more than a decade, comprising exquisite examples of Japanese woodblock prints.

Durham University’s exhibition of its copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio is being extended following a hugely successful first six months.

Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.

The former prince's reaction when he heard about a newspaper inquiry was among more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate, including some mentioning Trump.

Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.

Three small modular reactors are confirmed for the site, with the potential for up to eight.

Regis Le Bris has revealed that a player’s running stats and previous injury record were two of the key factors assessed by Sunderland this summer

St James' Park will host four group matches and a last-16 game at Euro 2028, with the match schedule for the tournament having been released

Rob Edwards has broken his silence on his Middlesbrough exit, claiming he "wouldn't have considered leaving" for any club other than Wolves.

Simon Jordan has taken aim at Rob Edwards in yet another furious rant, saying he hopes the ex-Middlesbrough head coach "gets precisely what he deserves" at Wolves