The 92-year-old was speaking after the first annual meeting of the authority since Reform UK won 65 out of 126 seats in the ...

The budget includes an increase in wages for entry-level and lower-wage full-time employees, marking the largest raise in ...

A police probe is underway after two people were left hospitalised in an incident in Chester-le-Street. A cordon was erected ...

The work of a heritage group recalling a long lost but once-thriving mining community has earned support on three fronts.

Durham County has been fortunate to have a strong economy, but the past is no guarantee of the future,” said County Manager ...

A girl has been taken to hospital after welfare concerns were raised on a County Durham road. Emergency services were called ...

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Thursday has been a wild morning for drivers along the Durham-Granville County lines after a pair of crashes closed ...

Officers said they have a 17-year-old male in custody stemming from their investigation into the fatal shooting that occurred ...

A County Durham woman was found dead in her home by her mum and brother, an inquest has heard, less than two weeks before he ...

The proposed Durham budget includes money to raise wages, expand some HEART operations and two-way street conversions.

Lowhills Road in Peterlee, County Durham, will close nightly from June 9 for a week to allow bridge repairs and painting on the A19 bridge ...