A County Durham town celebrated its community spirit with a presentation evening. The event, held at The Masonic Hall in Ferryhill, recognised winners of the Ferryhill in Bloom Competition, Civic ...

TV and film star Sheridan Smith has been spotted filming in RSPB Saltholme as part of filming for ITV's 'I Fought The Law' series.

The age-old question has stirred up a flurry of diverse responses from readers of The Northern Echo. Taking to social media, readers' opinion seems to pivot around individual preferences and financial ...

Just 48 hours after being elected to the role, Russell Findlay will address the UK Conservative conference in Birmingham.

Voters gave up on the Conservatives’ “bickering”, James Cleverly has said during his campaign to become the party’s leader. The shadow home secretary, who first became a minister during Theresa May’s ...

A former spy and his daughter, who were poisoned by the deadly nerve agent Novichok, will not give evidence at the Russian-state Salisbury poisonings inquiry over fears for their safety.

In her resignation letter to the Prime Minister, Ms Duffield said: “The sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale. I am so ashamed of what you and your inner circle have done to tarnish ...

More than 100 Ukrainian drones have been shot down over Russia, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages seen over Russian skies since the start of the ...

The Tory leadership hopeful said the decision his parents made 35 years ago on where he was educated should not be considered.

Kemi Badenoch has suggested the public may one day change its mind on whether people should have to pay for access to healthcare. The Conservative leadership contender was pressed about her views on ...

Hundreds of swimmers 'bared' all in the icy-cold North Sea as the North East Skinny Dip 2024 got underway in Northumberland.

Cumbria Police are investigating an incident following the death of an eight-year-old boy in a firearm incident at a farm in Warcop. A man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence ...