Courtney bagged a golden buzzer for her powerful rendition of Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle”.

County Durham school girl wows talent show judges with show-stopping performance

A town's youngest ever mayor has been jailed for 12 months after being
snared by paedophile hunters while trying to meet a 15-year-old boy.

Former mayor jailed after paedophile hunters trap

After getting engaged at the finish line of the 2016 event, Laura Cort and Christina Richter decided to return a year later to say 'I do'. 

The Mayor of Peterlee has appeared in court charged with attempting to meet a boy under the age of 16 following grooming.

The leader of Durham County Council says the authority is delighted to be receiving money towards a new station.

Workers at Walkers in Peterlee have been told today that the factory will close by the end of the year with the loss of more than 300 jobs.

A 26 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a five hour stand-off with police at a house in Peterlee.

A money box raising money for terminally ill Bradley Lowery has been stolen from a cafe in Peterlee.

The newborn baby boy, who was treated by hospital staff, was found by a dog who started barking to alert his owners.

The man accused of killing 32-year-old Mark Dixon in a one-punch attack in Hartlepool has been found guilty of manslaughter.

NPower is to close it's site in Peterlee affecting 500 workers.  Jobs are being transferred to Sunderland.

A novice parachutist making his first solo jump mistook a country road for a landing strip and ended up crashing into a tree.

The family of a County Durham man who died in police custody have taken the difficult decision to release CCTV of the moments after he died

A man who murdered his sister's boyfriend is facing life behind bars.