The Latest Breaking News from County Durham

Grieving family STILL searching for dad four weeks after 17-year grave blunder exposed

Tom Bell, of County Durham, and his sisters were told that somebody else was buried under their dad's headstone when they tried to lay their mum to rest alongside him

Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022

Dad 'living in fear' after savage bulldog attack which killed his beloved pooch

Paul Haworth has demanded police do something to prevent an American Bulldog from attacking again after it killed his beloved German Shepherd Max in County Durham

Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022

County Durham girl accepted into performing arts school - but can't get funding

Emily Jane Bainbridge has been offered a place at the MGA Academy in Edinburgh but fears not being able to afford the fees

Chronicle Live · Jul 31, 2022

Trucker who killed 3 in horror crash while browsing sex sites gives tearful apology

Ion Onut apologised to the families of three people he killed, when he crashed his lorry into stationary traffic on the A1 in County Durham, in an interview from prison

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Emily Atack 'dating' Big Brother's Liam McGough 15 years after Durham tree surgeon found TV fame

Emily Atack and Liam McGough, the County Durham tree surgeon who appeared on Big Brother in 2007, are said to be an item

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

Plans could see new leisure centres built in Bishop Auckland and Chester-le-Street

The new leisure centres could be built at the Woodhouse Close site in Bishop Auckland and the former Civic Centre site in Chester-le-Street

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

County Durham cemetery targeted by vandals as trinkets thrown from graves sparking 24-hour patrols

Officers are investigating after repeated reports of anti-social behaviour at Bishop Auckland Town Cemetery

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

County Durham burglar ransacked home before being caught trying to buy cigarettes with stolen bank card

Dwayne Myers, 35, was jailed for 876 days for carrying out a burglary

Chronicle Live · Jul 26, 2022

County Durham football coach gets sweet surprise from his team on his wedding day

Connor Herron was surprised by his team of young players on his wedding day on Friday

Chronicle Live · Jul 25, 2022

'Abhorrent' kidnappers who dumped victim outside County Durham spa hotel jailed for combined total of 32 years

The 31-year-old victim was assaulted and thrown into a van where the group beat him up and threatened to kill him and his family

Chronicle Live · Jul 22, 2022