Dozens of senior officials have been put on leave, thousands of contractors laid off, and a sweeping freeze imposed on ...

Rory McIlroy celebrated a hole-in-one on his way to carding a score of 66 in the opening round at California’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The 35-year-old Northern Irishman found the cup with a sand wedge on ...

Beamish Museum has unveiled its action-packed calendar of events for 2025. The open-air venue, in County Durham, will host pantomimes, exhibitions, a carriage driving competition, and more. The ...

Soap star Chelsee Healey has said she suffered a miscarriage, shortly after beginning training for Dancing On Ice. The British actress, 36, who rose to fame as Janeece Bryant on BBC school drama ...

The Government will invest an extra £100 million into neighbourhood policing as it seeks to boost the number of officers on the ground. This adds to £100 million announced in December for England and ...

President Donald Trump told a White House news conference that no one survived. “We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, ...

Durham has been chosen as the UK's first place to get rid of 3G on all devices which has left thousands at risk of losing their mobile data.

Wilson Isidor insists he would relish the added competition if Sunderland were to sign another forward in the final four days of the transfer window.

A bench has been installed with the aim of tackling loneliness in Darlington. The 'Befriending Bench' has been set up at the Cornmill Centre to encourage conversation and foster connections. The bench ...

Plans to transform a former Bishop Auckland pub into two shops have been lodged with the council. The Wheatsheaf pub on Manor Road, St Helen Auckland, closed its doors in 2015 and has remained vacant ...

A man who alleges ASAP Rocky fired a handgun at him in 2021 returns to the courthouse on Friday for more cross-examination after a difficult day on the stand. The defence is expected to continue ...

Drivers will face disruption this weekend as resurfacing work shuts the roundabout between the A1(M)  and A167 Darlington.