Durham OnAir

Jonathan Paton was 31 when he met the girl online after telling her he was 20 years old, and that his name was ‘Jonny’.

Grant West, 36, from Ferryhill, as been banned from every retail store in County Durham after he targeted shops, breached his restraining order and used threatening behaviour.

Wardens working for Durham County Council have called anti-social behaviour from a large group of youths in Peterlee 'unacceptable'.

The Beehive Coffee Shop, in Bishop Auckland has been shortlisted for The Northern Echo’s Best Coffee Shop 2025.

A young driver trying to flee a street disturbance “panicked” and hit a woman standing directly in front of his car.

The co-founder of the award-winning bereavement notification service, Settld, has turned her entrepreneurial drive and love of storytelling to fiction, releasing her first crime novel under the pen name Bobby Cussens.

Detailed planning consent has been issued for more than 400 new homes to be built in the first phase of a new neighbourhood in the sought-after West End of Darlington.

After sixteen years and 9 editions, more than 120,000 visitors turned out to see the lights of Lumiere before they went out over Durham, 13-15 November. Lumiere 2025 was produced and curated by Artichoke and commissioned by Durham County Council, with additional support from Arts Council England and, for the first time in 2025, the North-East Combined Authority as regional commissioning partner.

A SCHOOL support group which has just scooped a national award is now planning a magical winter fair, featuring its own charity Christmas single.

The right will now be introduced after six months, in a breach of Labour's election manifesto.

Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.

Two Iranian men and a British man are held after raids in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.

Kim Hellberg discusses his coaching upbringing and tells of his family's plans to join him on Teesside after taking charge of Middlesbrough

Kim Hellberg tells of why Middlesbrough feels like the 'perfect fit' and sets out his ambitions on Teesside

Regis Le Bris expects to be making plenty of alterations to his starting line-up as Sunderland head into a hectic December

Romaine Mundle is available to start Sunderland’s weekend home game with Bournemouth - but Habib Diarra is not yet able to return to full training.