A Darlington psychiatric hospital dietician wrongly accessed a patient's records in a "moment of weakness", a misconduct hearing heard.

A suspected Murton loan shark has been detained after two properties were searched in County Durham and Sunderland today.

Emergency services were called to the scene just before 2.20am following reports of a one-vehicle incident between Junctions 60 (Bradbury) and ...

People on low incomes in County Durham could be set to pay more council tax under new measures. Durham councillors have proposed launching a consultation on changes to a discount scheme for all ...

Marcia Grant, 60, had been working as a foster carer for seven years when she suffered catastrophic injuries as she tried to stop the boy taking her car outside her home in the Gr ...

Microsoft is cutting about 9,000 jobs worldwide in the latest round of staff cuts as the US technology giant looks to slash costs. It is understood the job losses will impact less than 4% of its total ...

The former Dragons captain was injured playing for Chelsea in a pre-season friendly in September and has not played since.

The India opener looked on course for a fourth Test century before England captain Ben Stokes struck just before tea.

More than five weeks on from his Hampden heartbreak, the captain is revitalised, refocused and “hungry” to lead the Hoops towards ...

Victory came on the same No.3 Court where Kartal downed former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the first round, but this was an altogether more straightforward assignment as the Brighton ...

A pioneering crime-fighting initiative involving CCTV security pods is yielding 'dramatic' results in Darlington town centre ...

Sunderland are set to bolster their backroom team with the appointment of Italian Luciano Vulcano as a first-team coach.