Police on the scene of the B6277 in Middleton-in-Teesdale, near Alston Road Garage (Image: NORTHERN ECHO) It's understood that emergency services were called to the area yesterday but the nature of ...

A ban on developing land reserved for a proposed bridge project cancelled 17 years ago has been withdrawn by the Government. Transport minister Simon Lightwood described the safeguarding direction in ...

It comes as primaries in parts of England have been considering closing due to falling rolls and funding pressures.

The world's oldest railway station has been saved after significant funding was secured for the historic County Durham building. Dating from 1826, Heighington Station is widely recognised as the world ...

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include Pretty Little Baby, has died at the age of 87. Her death was announced on Thursday by her friend and publicist, Ron ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has welcomed an announcement by the UK Government that it intends to lower the voting age to 16. Ministers are to bring forward a Bill before 2029 which will include ...

Road bosses say “every effort” is being made to ensure a North Yorkshire road reopens in time for a popular agricultural show. Work was due to be completed at Crosby New Bridge, at Crosby, between ...

SSE’s hydro generation dropped by about 40 in the three months to June, compared with the same period a year ago.

A man who was jailed on the basis of a corrupt police officer’s evidence has had his name cleared posthumously at the Court of Appeal. Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft ...

The Prime Minister and Friedrich Merz signed the deal – to be known as the Kensington Treaty – at the V&A Museum on London.

Senior Costs Judge Jason Rowley said on Thursday he would “recuse” himself from a hearing concerning the amount of legal costs to be paid after Harry sued Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), adding his ...

The world’s largest crane has lifted a 245-tonne dome into place on top of the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for 30 years. The crane, nicknamed Big Carl, lifted the 14-metre tall ...