Durham OnAir

Former Lioness Jill Scott will travel through parts of County Durham and North Yorkshire on her Sport Relief bike challenge.

A Spennymoor drug dealer will have to wait to be sentenced until his co-accused appears in court facing similar charges.

A person has been hit by a taxi outside Durham train station, police confirmed.

A sex attacker had to be dragged from a woman’s bed as he tried to molest her, despite her protestations.

A man who drove against the traffic on a busy one-way street, had previously suffered leg injuries in a road accident, a court heard.

Producers of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Hadestown, currently playing its third smash-hit year in London’s West End, today announce the first-ever UK & Ireland tour beginning February 2027, including Sunderland Empire playing from Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 November 2027. Casting and full creative team to be announced.

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham and Buxton Opera House, in association with Mark Goucher and David Pugh, today announced the creative team and initial casting for the major national tour of The Full Monty. The beloved film will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2027, and the production will visit Sunderland Empire from Monday 17 – Saturday 22 May as part of a UK Tour running until July 2027.

Astronaut Rosemary Coogan, award-winning actor, writer and comedian Nick Mohammed, and folk duo The Unthanks will be among those to receive honorary degrees from Durham University this summer.

Three spectacular species are neck and neck in Durham for the coveted title of Britain’s Favourite Butterfly and every vote could make the difference.

Hundreds if not thousands of people's homes are being taken over by UK gangs every week, say police.

Women say David Sullivan told them they needed to have sex with him to feature in his newspapers.

Multiple women accuse the billionaire of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were in their late teens.

Learner drivers can only swap their test to the three centres nearest to their original booking.

Newcastle United are hoping to complete the signing of Reims goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen in the next 48 hours

Former Newcastle United midfielder Matt Ritchie has reached the end of his playing career - and is set to take up a new executive role at Bournemouth

Regis Le Bris outlines Sunderland's plan for the summer transfer window after the Black Cats qualified for the Europa League

Middlesbrough have paid tribute to their "inspirational" former Academy player Anthony Renton, who died over the weekend at the age of just 27 after a lengthy battle with leukaemia