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Durham High School will close at the end of term after 142 years, owners have confirmed, leaving 281 pupils and staff facing an uncertain future.

A County Durham café owner who specialises in pottery painting says she is closing her business after making the “hardest decision” she has ever had to make.

A stable fire in County Durham sparked an early-morning response from fire crews.

A Consett man says he has been threatened with bailiffs after refusing to pay a £170 parking fee he believes was unfairly issued.

Parents of pupils at Durham High School say their children have been left "hugely distressed" as uncertainty continues over whether the independent school will reopen after the summer holidays.

Sunderland Empire and Martin Dodd for UK Productions are excited to today reveal villainous casting for The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook taking flight for Christmas 2026. Turning to the dark side and sailing the high seas is Miss Rory, reinvented as the swashbuckling, sword-sharp Captain Rorina Hook from Friday 11 December 2026 until Sunday 3 January 2027.

The master illusionist returns to the north east from 7th-11th July with a run at the Stockton Globe. In this interview Derren lets us know what audiences can expect from his latest show "Only Human".

The lead cast and full creative team have been announced for the first UK tour of Burlesque the Musical. Faye Brookes will star as Tess Richarde, the Burlesque club owner portrayed by the legendary Cher in Stephen Antin’s Golden Globe winning, Best Picture nominated 2010 film.

Construction students with special educational needs enjoyed a rare first-hand experience of life on a building site during a visit to Bellway Durham’s Hedworths Green at Lambton Park development near Chester-le-Street. The housebuilder hosted 13 sixth form students from Barbara Priestman Academy in Sunderland, a specialist school for children and young people with autism and complex learning difficulties.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticised what she called a missing £5bn in the defence investment plan.

Three teenage boys convicted of rape should have been detained, the Court of Appeal hears.

The Labour leadership hopeful says he will "ask the home and foreign secretaries to review all possible options".

The boy was taken to hospital to be treated for "potentially life-threatening" gunshot injuries, police said in a statement.

Newcastle United have agreed a €50m deal to make Hoffenheim winger Bazoumana Toure their second signing of the summer

Newcastle United have agreed to sell Sandro Tonali to Tottenham in a deal that should eventually be worth £100m

The latest on Kyle Joseph's future amid Middlesbrough's move for the Hull City forward

Harry Kane scored both of England's goals as they beat DR Congo 2-1 to progress to the last 16 of the World Cup