Durham OnAir

A man who fatally stabbed a County Durham dad-of-two in a motel car park in Australia, telling police, “Yeah, I stabbed a guy”, has been found not criminally responsible for murder.

Court documents say 30-year-old Royce Mallett, from County Durham, was visiting the town of Albury in New South Wales in July 2024 when he was stabbed once in the chest.

Aran Sadler, 32, from Durham, died on April 11 this year during a race event at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough.

A man subject of a suspended prison sentence was at “rock bottom” when he breached it by head-butting his partner after a row in January.

A man who traded in designer watches both online and from retail premises in Darlington was not licensed to sell the makes he was dealing in, a court heard.

Durham Markets is calling on knitters, crocheters, craft groups and community organisations across the region to take part in a major community project to mark Remembrance Day 2026. The ambitious initiative aims to create 12,600 handmade poppies – one for every soldier of the Durham Light Infantry who lost their lives during the World Wars.

Momentum is rapidly building on site at Kynren – The Storied Lands, as construction of the spectacular Lost Feather arena reaches a major new milestone ahead of its opening this July.

Visit County Durham has welcomed Patricia Yates, Chief Executive Officer of VisitBritain/VisitEngland, to the destination, showcasing the county’s thriving visitor offer and the strength of the sector.

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.

King Charles will address the US Congress on Tuesday at a time of diplomatic tensions between London and Washington.

Landlords tell BBC News why they fear new laws could make it harder to remove problematic tenants.

The government is consulting on changes as a new social media law goes through its final Parliamentary stages.

Boss József Váradi says European firms want to boost flyers put off by fares inflated by jet fuel costs.

How Ferryhill Athletic were reborn and created history by winning promotion from Wearside League Division One

Florent Ghisolfi met with Sunderland's scouts and recruitment team last week as the Black Cats step up their preparations for the summer transfer window

Callum Brittain's message from inside the Middlesbrough dressing room ahead of the final-day trip to Wrexham

Stockton Town will use the pain of setbacks over the course of the last 12 months as motivation when they take on Hednesford in the Northern Premier League Premier Division play-offs tonight