Four people were arrested after anti-migrant groups clashed with counter protestors outside a Newcastle hotel. Demonstrators gathered outside of the New Bridge Hotel in the city centre on Saturday ...

LEASINGTHORNE is a south Durham colliery village that has all but disappeared. It was created by the arrival of the Chilton branch line of ...

A man who has raised £100,000 for charity since his terminal cancer diagnosis is set to take on a 588-mile walking challenge. Paul Dennington’s “March Through Life” will see him stroll 588 miles over ...

Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant says he was sexually abused as a teenager by the head of the National Youth Theatre, Michael Croft. Sir Chris said Mr Croft, who died in 1986, had invited him to dinner ...

Declan Hall, 25, of Keswick Road, Peterlee, admitted driving an Audi A4 without due care and attention on Chapel Hill Road in the town on ...

A surfing competition with a difference drew thousands of spectators to a beach near San Francisco, as dogs of all sizes took to the waves. Labs, terriers and spaniels were among dozens of dogs riding ...

Drivers will need to watch their speedos after cameras appeared at the side of the A1 (M) in County Durham. But the average speed cameras are yet to be turned on, and are being installed ahead of ...

Rescue teams are continuing efforts to reach a group of miners trapped inside a copper mine in Chile that collapsed during a moderate earthquake. The mine’s director confirmed on Saturday that the ...

Crowds gathered under the sun for the 115th Osmotherley Show on Saturday (August 2). Held at Home Farm in Thimbleby, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, on the land of Mr. & Mrs Shelley, the show ...

Jamie Reid scored twice and last season’s top scorer Dan Kemp also netted as Stevenage beat Blackpool 3-2 to record a first ever win at Bloomfield Road. Alex Revell’s side had lost two and drawn one ...

A restaurant near Darlington could be stripped of its license after four illegal workers were found by immigration officers.