The British driver’s weekend started in peculiar circumstances when he took to the track with a spanner and torch inside his car.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage thanked County Durham voters for putting their “faith, trust and confidence” in the party after it won a historic 65 seats. Mr Farage visited Newton Aycliffe on Friday ...

Reform UK swept to victory in the 2025 local election in Durham, winning 65 seats and taking control of Durham County Council.

Lydia Mugambe, 50, was found to have taken ‘advantage of her status’ over the Ugandan woman in the ‘most egregious way’.

Luke Campbell has crossed over from the boxing ring to the political sphere after being elected the first mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire. It is an unusual switch of careers for the first Briton to ...

Stockton Town face an anxious 24-hour wait to discover whether they'll be allowed to play in Monday's Northern Premier League Premier ...

Police are yet to make an arrest after a string of Darlington new-build homes were ploughed into “by a man on a JCB".

Kelly Smith and two men – her boyfriend and their friend – were convicted of kidnapping and human trafficking over the disappearance of Smith’s daughter, Joshlin, who was six when she went missing in ...

PAT Lam is convinced that belief is the key to Northampton Saints chances of upsetting the odds against Leinster and winning in ...

Border Force officers searching the pair’s unregistered van discovered the five migrants underneath an old mattress, clothing and motorbike parts.

Police have issued a further update after an "unexploded ordnance" was discovered inside a shed in Darlington. It has now been confirmed by Durham Constabulary that it is an unexploded grenade, which ...

Click below to see how the make up of Durham County Council has changed. Note: The number of wards/seats on Durham County Council has fallen to 98, down from 126 in 2021, due to boundary remapping.