After an illustrious Army career, Mike Butterwick CBE talks to PETER BARRON about his plans as the new Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham ...

Mr Starmer was so deflated by the defeat that he seriously considered resigning. The Hartlepool by-election, big Boris blimp and all, was the high watermark of Johnsonism, and it was all downhill from ...

Thanks to a no-expense-spared renovation in which even the smallest of details has been carefully considered, this Georgian home just a short ...

WHEN The Art Shop closed in Darlington’s Bondgate, having served several generations of artistic townspeople since it opened in 1955, a ...

Regis Le Bris admits Wilson Isidor is currently ahead of Eliezer Mayenda in Sunderland’s attacking pecking order ...

The co-owner of a County Durham interior home and gift shop has said it would be “absolutely lovely” to win The Northern Echo’s ...

Fundraisers in Northallerton are taking on a “70k in May” challenge to support Christian Aid Week, raising funds for global development projects.

A County Durham social club has been ordered to pay nearly £60,000 to two former employees after a tribunal finding.

NFU North Regional Board chair William Maughan has welcomed new police powers introduced in the Crime and Policing Bill to tackle rural crime, ...

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A grieving mother says she still has no answers more than a month after her son died in police custody as the investigation into ...