One lane of the A19 flyover is set to be closed for the rest of the week after a crash left barrier posts "significantly ...

An alleged drug driver was arrested after a seven-year-old child was hit by a car in Seaham. He has since been released under investigation.

A trial date has been set for a woman accused of murdering a 77-year-old man at a supported-living retirement home in Stockton.

The jury has resumed deliberations in the trial of a mum and her boyfriend accused of murdering Isabelle Welsh.

A new House of Commons Library report has laid out the growing debate over whether Britain's State Pension tax rules need reform, as ...

In a new update, police said he suffered a fractured skull and that the illegal e-scooter was seized. An air ambulance was ...

The Impact events run by BUSINESSiQ, the business arm of The Northern Echo, bring a panel of experts to venues around the North East to talk about key themes and give an overview of how the region is ...

Three men have been forced to pay more than £5,500 after being caught dumping waste on a public lane, County Durham.

Photographers were spoiled for choice as Whitby’s streets and the pavilion filled with corsets, goggles and top hats for the ...

Wildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie has died aged 85, his agent has announced. The TV star, who found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor and ...

The country’s leading mobility and stairlift retailer, Ableworld, is celebrating 25 years of helping people maintain their independence, with ...

Emergency services were called to Barningham, a village near the A66 and just south of Barnard Castle, on Monday (July 27) following a fire. An image taken near the scene of the incident, which took ...