The Latest Breaking News from Ferryhill

Albanian man entered UK illegally to set up cannabis farm in County Durham home

Xhejmsi Islamaj arrived in England from Italy, rented a property and set up a sophisticated cannabis farm

Chronicle Live · Jun 12, 2023

County Durham burglar hid in leisure centre storeroom to steal alcohol in 2am raid

Ashley Fairhurst, of Ferryhill, concealed himself in the storeroom as staff were locking up Ferryhill Leisure Centre then raided the building and stole alcohol and food from the bar area

Chronicle Live · Mar 10, 2023

Brits lost £800m to robberies last year - as Labour's Sarah Jones vows to fight crime

The Mirror accompanied Shadow Policing Minister Sarah Jones around County Durham to see how local interventions are trying to stop children getting involved in crime. She says we need to stop crimes BEFORE they happen

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023

County Durham railway station reopening plan receives further Government backing

Ferryhill station is one of nine projects that the Government has backed to progress to the next stage of development in the Restoring Your Railway programme

Chronicle Live · Jun 20, 2022

Scrap metal-dealing dad jailed for breaching restraining order for fourth time in Ferryhill

Kieran Wynn was given a prison sentence for breaching the restraining order

Chronicle Live · Mar 7, 2022

Police discover cannabis farm with more than 80 plants in County Durham

More than 80 cannabis plants were recovered from an address in Rennie Street, Ferryhill

Chronicle Live · Feb 28, 2022

Baby rushed to hospital dies as cops probe ‘unexplained death’ at home

A baby has died after being airlifted to hospital from a home in Chilton, in the Ferryhill area of County Durham and police have now launched an investigation into the "unexplained death"

Daily Mirror · Feb 17, 2022

Durham Thai boxer launches fundraiser to fulfill dream of representing Team GB at European Championships

Aidan K Forster, from Ferryhill, hopes to raise enough money to fly out to Instanbul for the IFMA Muay Thai European Championships

Chronicle Live · Feb 1, 2022