The Latest Breaking News from Shildon

People will blame Brexit, Boris and austerity, but this country’s demise goes back decades – and shows no signs of stopping, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Curators at National Railway Museum at Shildon say they are delighted and proud to get Gaunless bridge back

New research has been carried out at Shildon on the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825 as the world’s first steam-hauled public railway

Police have released a description of a man they want to speak to in connection with an armed robbery of a Co-op store in County Durham

Andrew Harbottle, 43, carried out a vicious biting attack on his partner on December 12 last year

Terry Hopwood, of Shildon, was ordered to pay the fine after waste belonging to him was found in a number of locations

Stuart Doughty, 33, went to his dad's home in the early hours of April 19, this year, and carried out the frightening offence

Property prices have been going through the roof but there are still some spots where you can get serious bang for your buck - find out where you can pick up a property for just £71,000

Neville Coatsworth threatened a woman before turning the gun on a man who was trying to intervene in a terrifying incident