The Latest Breaking News from Crook

Country diary: Life in this valley has turned full circle – it’s wild once more

Crook, County Durham: For around 200 years it was beholden to heavy industry, now it abounds with hedgerows, copses and spring birdsong

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025

Bomb threats targeted Oregon election offices days after election day

Local clerks in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson reported receiving threatening emails last week, just days after Election Day.

The Guardian - US · Nov 16, 2024

Mother ‘screamed “slow down” to son moments before fatal police pursuit crash’

Inquest in Crook, County Durham heard how Kevin Bainbridge died after jumping from his moving car during a police pursuit

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Crook dad violently attacked daughter's ex-partner with bat after alleged abusive relationship ended

Brian Wright, 52, sprung an attack on his daughter's ex-partner following the breakdown of their relationship

Chronicle Live · Jul 1, 2022

Two people taken to hospital after car smashes into front of County Durham home

A blue Kia Sorrento has left a trail of destruction after crashing into a terraced property on Harperley Terrace in Fir Tree, Crook

Chronicle Live · Jun 16, 2022

Police launch investigation after 'deliberate' fire in Crook

Officers said the fire is believed to have been deliberately started

Chronicle Live · May 23, 2022

Families fear to go out as drug-fuelled teens attack elderly victims and start fires

The unruly youths have thrown bricks at bus drivers, smashed the glass in the bus stop and smeared graffiti around in the town of Crook in County Durham locals have claimed

Daily Mirror · Apr 1, 2022

Two people taken to hospital after crash on A689 in County Durham

Two fire appliances from Crook and Bishop Auckland attended the incident.

Chronicle Live · Mar 3, 2022