Durham OnAir

A man was seen repeatedly punching his ex-partner, before dragging her by the hair and slamming a door into her as she lay injured on the floor, a court heard.

Sir Geoffrey Boycott has paid tribute to two long-standing friends whose passion helped shape the rise of Durham County Cricket Club to first-class status.

County Durham is gearing up for a programme of family-friendly events this week to celebrate St George’s Day, with activities planned in libraries and across Durham city centre

Durham martial artist Annabel Cooper, 12, will represent Team England at the WKA World Championships in Delaware after success at a national competition.

Northern Lithium has secured a £600,000 government grant to support feasibility studies for a commercial lithium extraction facility at Ludwell Farm in County Durham, targeting production by 2028.

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 drop has been largely driven by a rise in the number of people not actively seeking work.

One petrol retailer says he is experiencing about five drive-offs a week at each forecourt, costing him thousands.

The "landmark" legislation aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create a smoke-free generation.

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

We're giving away two pairs of tickets for Sunderland's Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at the Stadium of Light

Kim Hellberg felt Sunday’s performance at Ipswich Town proved David Strelec is back to his best as he leads the Middlesbrough attack

Noah Sadiki explains what Granit Xhaka did to help change Sunderland's weekend game at Aston Villa

Kim Hellberg's view on the automatic-promotion battle - and how that will affect his selections for Middlesbrough's final three matches