Durham OnAir

A man who has admitted committing a serious assault was told such an offence usually merits a prison sentence of four to five years.

Late-night club row ends with table attack, leaving an 18-year-old customer injured and a man handed a suspended sentence.

Four new single-decker electric buses have taken to the road on a busy North East route continuing the roll out of clean energy vehicles in the region.

Crook man Luke Dawson jailed after a three-day crime spree including thefts and car burglary while under a suspended sentence.

An appeal is being launched to support nature on special North East landscapes, including the location from the iconic film Get Carter. PETER BARRON reports

Tanfield Railway, the world’s oldest railway, is offering visitors the rare opportunity to step onto the footplate and take control of one its industrial steam locomotives with the launch of its new Steam Driver Experiences.

Join Olivier award winner and leading lady Cassidy Janson as she honours the music of icon Carole King who she played for two years in ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ in London’s West End

The owners of Veeno Durham have announced that the restaurant is trading as normal and continues to welcome guests, following recent developments involving the wider Veeno Bars brand.

Durham Cricket has signed up County Durham-based property and mining firm the Banks Group as its new principal partner in an agreement which also includes the naming rights to the Riverside ground.

The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.

Approximately 22,000 weekend students had been told their courses were never eligible for student finance.

Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create "a clear legal requirement for schools".

The final design for a statue of the late Queen Elizabeth is to be unveiled, 100 years after her birth.

Eddie Howe has not given up on Yoane Wissa – and has tipped the striker to be a success on Tyneside if he can get a full pre-season under his belt

Middlesbrough's Hayden Hackney is hoping to be able to return from injury before the end of the regular Championship season

Luke Ayling has blasted the “baffling” decision that robbed Middlesbrough of two crucial points in yesterday’s 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town

SUNDERLAND head coach Regis Le Bris revealed Habib Diarra apologised in the dressing room after his side's 4-3 defeat at Villa Park