We've dug in The Northern Echo's archives to take a look back at how Spennymoor town centre has changed through the years.

Here are the latest planning applications validated by Durham County Council over the past week, featuring proposals for new homes, tree ...

A County Durham sex offender who threatened his victim and other witnesses with violence has been jailed for 13 years.

MP Lola McEvoy completed a tour of the town's primary schools, personally handing out Golden Tickets to every child.

THERE'S little left of Leasingthorne these days. Its colliery's heyday was in the 1930s, when it employed more than 1,500 men and boys, but when ...

BUILT in early Georgian times, Newton House, in Gainford, certainly earns the right to be described as magical – in more ways than one.

Yvette Cooper said the new tools will enable the criminal justice system to “close the gap” between terror suspects, who can be jailed for life for planning attacks, and individuals not driven by a ...

The British and Irish Lions beat Australia 27-19 in Brisbane on the first step to a first series win since 2013.

FROM noisy neighbours to shop lifting and off-road bikes, anti-social behaviour (ASB) continues to be a scourge on our communities. As the MP ...

The Ketton Ox in Yarm, near Stockton, has bagged hundreds of top reviews on TripAdvisor and been praised for its 'amazing' food.

ROB Edwards insists Hayden Hackney is "fully committed" to Middlesbrough amid strong transfer interest and uncertainty over the midfielder's future. Hackney played 45 minutes at Mansfield on Saturday ...

Eco-themed creative workshops are running this summer across Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland to help families co-create The Pop-Up ...