EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK holds the levers of power in a part of the country where voters have delivered a massive kicking to the Labour Government.

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

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

Shortly after 11.30am today, police and fire crews were called to a blaze at Drum Industrial Estate near Chester-le-Street.

His remarks reflect a key Reform message during May’s elections, in which the party pitched local equivalents of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to voters weary of ...

Here are five stories from Wearside you may have missed this week. The family of a girl who had a life-saving heart ...

Tucked between the River Wear and the edge of the Durham Dales, Witton-le-Wear is one of County Durham’s most scenic and quietly charming villages. It’s the kind of place where you can wander by the ...

"I look every night, every single day and night, I'm on my phone constantly looking and there is nothing at all." In ...

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Follow live text and listen to live BBC local radio commentaries from Division 1 and Division 2 of the County Championship.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...