The Latest Breaking News from County Durham

Darryl Anderson admitted to causing death by dangerous driving in County Durham crash

Letters: Readers lament the abandoning of Category D villages by the council and the lasting impact that has had

Willington, County Durham: This non-native early bloomer is already flaunting its spring bling – perhaps Britain should have more of it

Campaigners hope to resurrect Grade II*-listed Heighington stop ahead of bicentenary celebrations

Raby Castle is set for one of the UK’s most ambitious stately home projects of recent years to create a visitor destination unlike any other

National Grid and Scottish Power are set to commence the construction of a £2.5 billion high-voltage power line along the east coast, stretching from East Lothian to County Durham, starting in 2025.

Crook, County Durham: They evoke pollinating bumblebees in spring, blue tits hunting looper caterpillars, semi-comatose red admirals drunk on juice fermenting in the autumn

The messages were 'both surprising and not surprising, I don’t know which is worse', the ex-civil servant said

Britain’s first Faith Museum, which has recently opened in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, faces three problems. First, “religion” is an explosively controversial subject on which it’s almost impossible not to stir up anger. Yet it’s also a subject that a great many modern British people find baffling and laughably irrelevant…

Inmates at HMP Frankland in County Durham, some of ‘hardest to reach people in society’, did course in a year with no internet access

Line in North East and Bristol transport ‘revolution’ dropped from plans as doubts emerge over Euston extension