A County Durham teenager died when he crashed his motorcycle into the side of a taxi, an inquest heard. Tony Hedley's blue motorbike was seen hitting the side of a white taxi turning right onto ...

A County Durham hospital radio station has been shortlisted for national awards. Durham Hospitals Radio has been recognised in four categories at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2025. Run by the ...

KRISTJAAN SPEAKMAN has dismissed suggestions that Tommy Watson “wanted to leave” Sunderland on deadline day, and expressed complete confidence that the winger will make an important contribution to ...

UK cinema admissions hit a five-year high in 2024 – but thanks only to a late flurry of big releases in the weeks before Christmas, including Wicked and Paddington In Peru. Some 126.5 million ...

The China-based chatbot upended the AI market with its recent emergence as an apparent low-cost alternative to ChatGPT and others.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with an attempted motorbike theft in Middlesbrough. One was a 14-year-old boy who has been arrested on suspicious of dangerous driving and driving with ...

A company planning to build a new nuclear reactor in Hartlepool has welcomed the government's announcement on nuclear energy reforms today.

A Conservative frontbencher has accused the Government of backing a proposed law to enable assisted dying. Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman suggested on Thursday that supporters of the Terminally ...

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has denied using “whiteness as an insult” in a heated exchange with police which saw her call one officer “stupid and white”. The Australia international is on trial charged ...

Nine people have been arrested following a series of raids carried out across the region targeting suspected members of an organised crime group.

Aston Villa forward Samuel Iling-Junior joined Middlesbrough on loan until the end of the season on deadline day ...

An electrician who sexually assaulted a customer in her Saltburn home and showed her pictures of his genitals while working in her home has ...