The Latest Breaking News from Houghton

Houghton Festival 2026 review: This phone-free festival is an artistic, musical nirvana

5/5 Come for the 24-hour electronic music programming. Stay for the sculptures, secret stages and mandatory three-day digital detox

Evening Standard · Aug 20

Houghton festival review: the UK festival season’s best-kept secret keeps getting better and better

With a mystical setting, phoneless crowds and a loyalist lineup, what more could anyone want from a music festival?

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

Man appears in court charged with murder of six-month-old baby

Archie Woodbridge died in hospital after reports of concern for the welfare of a baby at an address in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025

Craig Richards on Houghton: The festival bringing the sounds of London to the fields

Craig Richards takes the underground sounds of the capital to the greenery of Norfolk for a four-day expedition

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023

Investigation after girl 'grabbed by the throat' by security guard during under 18s event at Rainton Arena

The incident reportedly occurred at Rainton Arena in Houghton le Spring on Friday night

Chronicle Live · May 21, 2023

Appeal to find missing Sunderland man as police become 'increasingly concerned' for welfare

Jason Cross, 34, was last seen the South View Terrace area of Houghton-le-Spring

Chronicle Live · May 14, 2023

Moment sonic boom 'like a gas explosion' shakes homes as RAF Typhoon aircraft scrambled

Aarondeep Mann heard the sonic boom while emptying the boot of his car in Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, and said his first thought was it may have been a gas explosion

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023

Houghton mum and young son left frightened after burglars smashed into their home

Paul Young, of Houghton-le-Spring, has now joined Dylan Newall behind bars after they broke into the woman's home while she was out walking the dog

Chronicle Live · Feb 14, 2023

Bridget Phillipson MP meets Sunderland apprentices at Houghton-le-Spring housing development

The MP for Houghton and Sunderland South was given a tour of Persimmon’s Herrington Grange development

Chronicle Live · Feb 8, 2023

Police investigation launched after three masked raiders carry out robbery at Houghton-le-Spring shop

Three men entered Burnside Stores on Woodburn Drive on Monday, January 2 and threatened a member of staff

Chronicle Live · Jan 10, 2023