The Latest Breaking News from Durham

Durham burglar left student feeling 'paranoid and scared' after stealing bag and using bank card

Elliott Bowery swiped the woman's Valentino bag from her flat via an open window

Chronicle Live · Feb 17, 2022

Chief Executive appointed to head £7.5m restoration of Redhills Durham Miners Hall

Nick Malyan's link to Durham Miners Hall began when his mother Lorraine, then pregnant with him, packed food parcels there during the 1984/85 miners strike

Chronicle Live · Feb 17, 2022

Challenger bank Atom raises £75m from shareholders as it heads towards IPO

The Durham digital-only lender has opened up to other shareholders after raising the funds from BBVA and Toscafund

Birmingham Post · Feb 17, 2022

Spennymoor man told to expect 'lengthy' prison sentence over assault and threat to kill charges

Jordan Storey appeared at Durham Crown Court on Friday where he faced threat to kill, assault, and damaging property charges

Chronicle Live · Feb 14, 2022

Newcastle and Durham University staff begin 10 day walkout over pensions and pay dispute

Staff at Newcastle and Durham University formed picket lines outside the universities as they joined the nationwide strike over cuts to pensions and deteriorating pay and working conditions

Chronicle Live · Feb 14, 2022

UK police save life of woman 3,000 miles away after she sent message by accident

Staff at a UK police control room picked up a Live Chat message from a distraught woman who said an intruder was attempting to break into her home in Durham, Canada

Daily Mirror · Feb 12, 2022

Serial killer Dennis Nilsen slit inmate's throat as 'favour' in twisted escape plan

The Fraserburgh-born murderer convinced another inmate that if he attempted suicide , he would be sectioned and moved to a hospital where he would have a better chance of escaping.

Daily Record · Feb 12, 2022

How Durham Constabulary helped to save a woman in Canada after attacker broke into her home

Durham Constabulary's control team helped to save a woman in Canada after an intruder got into her home

Chronicle Live · Feb 11, 2022

Vietnamese cannabis farmers who lived in 'squalid conditions' in County Durham are jailed

Muoy Van Tram and Nam Dan Nguin were arrested on June 7, last year

Chronicle Live · Feb 11, 2022

Police control room helps woman 3,000 miles away after she contacted wrong force

Durham Constabulary was contacted by a woman in danger at her home in Durham, Canada, on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022