Durham County Council has approved a series of planning applications in the week before Christmas. Here are five you should know about.

Dozens of student accommodation developments have been approved throughout 2025 – but a select few have proven particularly ...

Top County Durham hotel, Ramside Hall, has confirmed that a management system it uses suffered a data breach, alongside several other hotels worldwide.

A hugely popular Christmas lights display in Newcastle will be switched off on Christmas Eve but will return next year ...

Durham County Council approved the plans on December 16. Plans to convert the upper floors of a former Durham club into flats have been approved. Club Union House on Flass Street, will see the ...

It's as quirky as it is charming, as well as having the very unique trait that, while in Northumberland it has a Durham postcode. And a North East village full of history and 'secrets' once had a very ...

Durham County deputies arrested Joseph Stevens on Monday morning after he allegedly shot and killed his roommate, John Tyler.

A firefighter will take on a huge challenge to raise money for a four-year-old boy battling cancer. Benny Bahmanizad, from ...

A County Durham family have enjoyed an early Christmas gift – as they spent a magical day in Lapland after winning a ...

Labour MPs in County Durham have praised the party’s investment, designed to improve the local authority’s core spending ...

The ex-student alleges Williams showed him an inappropriate video when Williams was a teacher at Southern High School.

It has been a busy week on Wearside and County Durham. Here are some of the stories you might have missed. The launch of a ...