The Latest Breaking News from County Durham

Letters: Readers lament the abandoning of Category D villages by the council and the lasting impact that has had

Willington, County Durham: This non-native early bloomer is already flaunting its spring bling – perhaps Britain should have more of it

The messages were 'both surprising and not surprising, I don’t know which is worse', the ex-civil servant said

Britain’s first Faith Museum, which has recently opened in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, faces three problems. First, “religion” is an explosively controversial subject on which it’s almost impossible not to stir up anger. Yet it’s also a subject that a great many modern British people find baffling and laughably irrelevant…

Inmates at HMP Frankland in County Durham, some of ‘hardest to reach people in society’, did course in a year with no internet access

Line in North East and Bristol transport ‘revolution’ dropped from plans as doubts emerge over Euston extension

Disqualified driver Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, was one of County Durham’s most wanted criminals when he was spotted behind the wheel of a car in 2019.

Disqualified driver Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, was one of County Durham’s most wanted criminals when he was spotted behind the wheel in October 2019.

Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, died at the scene in Spennymoor, County Durham, in October 2019.