Woman stole £163 of chocolate after ban from County Durham Co‑op shop
Zara Hawkins, 40, of Hawthorn Street, Easington Colliery, has admitted stealing four cases of chocolate worth £163.90 from the Co-op Food store in Easington Colliery.
Amazing view of concrete shipwreck beneath the Northern Spire
WHOEVER floated the idea of concrete boats needed their buoyancy testing, but during the First World War, when other materials were in short supply, several companies tried to make them.
County Durham shop to close due to ‘rising business costs and lack of shoppers’
Decorbake, a Consett decorating shop is set to close after blaming rising business costs and a lack of shoppers on the high street.
25 pictures as live music festival returns to Newton Aycliffe for another year
Thousands of music fans descended on Newton Aycliffe this weekend for the fourth edition of Ayclive Festival, the town’s biggest music event of the summer.
Police probe after trees damaged at Darlington park after ‘not isolated incident’
Police have launched an investigation after trees were left damaged in Springfield Park, Darlington in not an ‘isolated incident’.
Darlington mum’s panic as neighbour’s escaped pet snake ends up in her bathtub
A Darlington mum was left terrified after finding an escaped Mexican Black Kingsnake hiding in her bathtub, the latest in a run of snake sightings across the region.
Darlington pensioner injured on raised paving stone calls for end to pavement parking
A pensioner who was injured after tripping on a raised paving stone is calling for drivers to think before they park on the pavement.
Thug rained down blows on sleeping woman’s face before trying to break down door
A domestic abuser rained down blows on a sleeping woman in a “serious and sustained” attack in Peterlee.
Mercedes driver from Bishop Auckland hit with 14‑month ban for drug driving
A County Durham woman has been banned for 14 months after driving with a high level of a cocaine breakdown product in her blood.
County Durham garden centre serves ‘best breakfast in the UK’
A County Durham garden centre has been hailed as serving “the best breakfast in the UK.”