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.

A former Newton Aycliffe councillor was today (Friday May 15) cleared of offences of sexual assault on two women in separate incidents.

The jury has retired to begin its deliberations in the trial of ex-Newton Aycliffe councillor Neville Jones, who is accused of sexually assaulting two women.

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.

If the mayor goes on to win the by-election he would be able to a launch a leadership challenge against the PM.

The family of sixth form pupil Lewis Waters post a tribute following his death.

Saturday's rally has been organised by anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.

Billy Stokoe is detained for causing the death by dangerous driving of Gloria Stephenson.

Regis Le Bris is immensely proud to have been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Season award - but doesn't think he should win it.

Middlesbrough have released a bombshell new statement in which they have called for Southampton to be kicked out of the play-offs, saying expulsion "is the only appropriate response"

Regis Le Bris says the uncertainty over Bertrand Traore's Sunderland future won't play into his team and squad selection thinking in the final week of the Premier League season.

Eddie Howe has admitted that missing out on the Champions League will make Newcastle United's summer transfer window more difficult