Durham OnAir

The fire service has welcomed the £48,000 fine handed to the owner of a disused office block who allowed workers to sleep there overnight.

Roof tiles were thrown at a police officer and at his car by a man who climbed onto the roof of a property while heavily under the influence of drugs.

Inspector Dave Clarke of Durham Police has received the National Pubwatch Malcolm Eidmans Award for improving safety on nights out in County Durham and Darlington.

Durham Freemasons have expanded their TLC Comfort Bears scheme to dementia care settings, including Darlington Manor Care Home.

Cloud and occasional rain will dominate the weather in Darlington over the weekend, with temperatures staying on the mild side for the time of year.

In the Park Newcastle has announced that hometown favourites Maxïmo Park will join global superstar Lewis Capaldi as support for his huge outdoor shows at Exhibition Park this summer. Capaldi will take over the city on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July, marking his biggest-ever outdoor headline performances in Newcastle.

This year’s North East Football Writers’ Association Personality of the Year Award, which is given annually in association with The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, is honouring Tony Mowbray.

The owner of an empty office block in Peterlee has been ordered to pay a £48,000 fine after nine people were found sleeping inside the building during a fire safety check. Tarlochan Singh, 48, from Cryfield Grange Road, Coventry, was the Director of 5th Capital Limited, the owner of Ridgemount House on Bede Way, Peterlee, when concerns were raised with County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) that people were sleeping inside the “derelict” building.

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the iconic film, The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham and Buxton Opera House in association with Mark Goucher and David Pugh will present a major national tour of The Full Monty. The production will visit Sunderland Empire from Monday 17 – Saturday 22 May 2027. Star casting to be announced.

The result - in a seat Labour has held for nearly 100 years - heaps further pressure on the PM's position.

A group of low-fee paying private schools have challenged the government's removal of the VAT exemption.

Huntley, who is serving a life sentence for murdering two schoolgirls, has significant head trauma, the BBC understands.

The Westminster statue of the former prime minister is vandalised with slogans daubed in red paint.

Middlesbrough released their latest accounts on Friday morning, which covers the 12-month period up to June, 2025

Kim Hellberg provides a Middlesbrough injury and team news update ahead of the Championship trip to Birmingham City

Newcastle United will take on Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16

Sunderland are not in crisis - to drive home that point, they only need to look at Sheffield Wednesday