The Latest Breaking News from Durham

Could County Durham put the North East on the map with a prestigious City of Culture title?

The Durham-based firm saw a dip in turnover but pre-tax profitability remained stable in a year that brought 'unprecedented challenges'

Here's what you need to know about tickets and the extra-long events programme when Brass returns from July 10-17, bringing the streets alive with the sound of music

The empty former Mainstreet USA office on Diamond Terrace will be knocked down and replaced

Rhys Stobbart, 27, and Kevin Skelton, 30, have been jailed

Sunderland, Newcastle and Durham take top spots following UK wide research into caring for the elderly

"The squeal of piglets turns into the scream of pigs. There’s no reprieve. It’s 24 hours a day"

Police want to speak to him in connection with an assault

Levels of violence at HMP Durham was reduced by almost two-thirds since the last inspection, but serious shortfalls were found in health care at the prison

DURHAM, N.C. — If Chuck Swenson goes back in time far enough he can still hear the jeers and the insults, the slurs he said some shouted from the stands during one of the longest nights of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career, and perhaps the longest of them all. It has…

Hansbrough compared Mike Krzyzewski’s final game in Durham to a recent episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”