2+ hour, 54+ min ago  (193+ words) A Wolverhampton company ordered to pay "4, 740 in a fine and costs for depositing controlled waste on Northallerton land without an environmental permit. Wolfe European Limited, based at Deansgate, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates' Court on May 20. The hearing…...

6+ min ago  (375+ words) A housebuilder has begun work on a new estate in a County Durham village which will deliver dozens of homes and new green space. The development, Monument Meadows by Bellway, will bring 79 homes to Pelton. Located off Station Lane, the…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (601+ words) A historic walled garden is set to open its gates for a Sunday fundraising afternoon in aid of a North Yorkshire market town's May Fest. Mr Yorke's Walled Garden in Richmond, will welcome visitors on June 14 from 1pm to 5pm, with all…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago  (248+ words) Saturday brought headliner Zara Larsson to Sunderland's anticipating crowds on the second day of Radio 1's Big Weekend. The BBC radio station's festival is being held in Herrington Country Park in Sunderland and has already seen huge names like Fatboy…...

6+ hour, 50+ min ago  (119+ words) The Northern Echo LIVE - Man dies on Ayton Crescent, Eston as police arrest woman - Welcome to this Northern Echo live news blog. - A police cordon is currently in place in Ayton Crescent in Eston near the junction with Mansfield Road…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (763+ words) May 24 is a date that will be forever etched in the memory of Sunderland supporters. A year to the day that the Black Cats won the Championship play-off final and with it promotion to the Premier League, Regis Le Bris…...

9+ hour, 40+ min ago  (110+ words) A car reportedly smashed into the fence of a Willington care home overnight. Pictures show a missing fence panel and tyre tracks in the grass next at the Portland Hub, on Gardener Avenue in Willington. Debris can be seen next…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (451+ words) Overlooking he village green and cricket pitch, and approached via a sweeping gravel driveway, there can be few homes more quintessentially Georgian than Crakehall Hall, a beautifully preserved example of the symmetry and classical restraint characteristic of the architecture of…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (154+ words) A man who failed to comply with a suspended sentence order imposed for assaulting a police officer in County Durham must now serve 15 weeks in prison, a court ruled. Mark Ransom, 47, of no fixed address, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago  (491+ words) AN 80th birthday is being marked in style with a challenge. Alan Middup, 79, and Michael Harris, 83, both from Barnard Castle, will walk 102 miles along the Settle'Carlisle railway in June. The route, known as one of the country's most scenic railway lines,…...