Today we name eight drivers who have been named and fined in court for driving offences in County Durham and Darlington.  They appeared at ...

Good afternoon, welcome to The Northern Echo's live coverage of the sentencing of Darren Harris at Leeds Crown Court.

A Change.org petition has been launched calling for mandatory in-person GP appointments for children after the death of 2-year-old boy.

A NHS trust has confirmed it carried out a ‘thorough internal review’ following the theft of drugs by a Middlesbrough would-be murderer.

An anaesthetist who carried out an indiscriminate attack on a Northallerton shop owner has been locked up for life for attempted murder ...

Some voters in the North East will be going to the polls next month – in the first set of local elections in our region since Sir Keir ...

A lorry overturned on a busy roundabout near Darlington today, causing traffic delays. Police were called to a roundabout on West Auckland Road, near Heighington at 9.50am today (April 11) after a ...

Jason Tindall updates on Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon and tells of how Newcastle have prepared for Manchester United in the absence of ill ...

Residents are fighting to save their "vital" community pub after plans were lodged to turn the building into a home.

Millions of households could get a £1200 boost with The Help to Save scheme, a government savings plan which encourages those on benefits to put aside a nest egg.

The Chester-le-EATS festival is returning for its fourth year at Durham Cricket’s Banks Homes Riverside in Chester-le-Street.