Overnight temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C overnight into Friday, the coldest night of the winter so far in the UK.

Residents have reacted with sadness to the news that a man in his 90s has died following a house fire in West Auckland ...

American actor and TV host RuPaul Charles opened RuPaul’s DragCon UK event by paying tribute to fellow drag queen The Vivienne as someone with a passion for “love and life”. James Lee Williams won the ...

Michael Carrick on Emmanuel Latte Lath's situation amid reported transfer interest in the Middlesbrough striker ...

City of Durham MP Mary Foy has slammed a “long line of failures” after a mum was told just hours before work began that her house was to ...

One security-related death was recorded during the year in Northern Ireland, the shooting of Kevin Conway in January 2024.

Here is the Met Office weather forecast for Darlington and County Durham for the weekend. On Friday afternoon, expect mostly sunny conditions with a few clouds by 3pm. There is a slight chance of ...

Reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from the upcoming Johnstone’s Paint Masters on medical grounds. The world number three, who was won the competition eight times, was due to face John ...

Andy Cowell, a key figure in Lewis Hamilton’s record-equalling seven world championships, will become the new team principal of Aston Martin. Cowell, who spearheaded the Mercedes engine team which ...

Michael Sheen has launched a theatre company called Welsh National Theatre, which he says will bring “a new dawn” in the country. The organisation is envisioned as separate from but complementary to ...

Eddie Howe has not given up hope of keeping in-form goalkeeper Martin Dubravka at Newcastle beyond the end of this month ...

Officers from Cleveland Police say the incident happened on Avenue Road in Hartlepool on Sunday, December 29 at around 12.15pm, when a man in a grey tracksuit approached a parked car and slashed two ...