Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s ...

Police and crime scene investigators are on the scene of an incident on Collingham Drive, Nunthorpe, as a burnt out car is also within the ...

The figures come just a day after the Justice Secretary announced changes to prison recall as a further emergency measure on prison overcrowding.

Officers from Durham Constabulary are appealing for information about the theft, which happened at Majestic Wine, on Grange Road.

SUNDERLAND'S Championship play-off final against Sheffield United will kick-off at 3pm, it has been confirmed. Talks between the clubs, relevant stakeholders, safety groups and the police have taken ...

Sunderland play Sheffield United on May 24 in the Championship play-off final with a spot in the Premier League up for grabs.

A drugged-up Middlesbrough driver who was 16 times over the limit has been locked up after he crashed head-on with an ambulance.

We are all being urged to check our change for a rare Royal Mint 50p coin that is selling for more than £200. Thousands more of the coin are thought to be in circulation, with one selling for more ...

TV presenter Clare Balding has said she is “delighted” to announce her debut novel Pastures New. The 54-year-old’s book will tell the story of Alex, a journalist who has “perfected the art of dodging ...

Two schools in Stanley, County Durham, have been forced to close due to a large fire at The Old Brickworks on Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate.

The chair of the Royal College of GPs also told the BBC this week that doctors have “real concerns about the practical and legal implications of a change in the law on assisted dying”, which she said ...

A new banking hub has been approved for a former Barclays site in County Durham. Cash Access UK has been granted permission to convert a vacant unit at 4 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, into a retail ...