Water companies United Utilities and South West Water have said they will raise dividends to shareholders as they confirmed consumer bill increases of 32% and 23%, respectively, over the coming five ...

Alison Hitchcock, co-founder of From Me To You Letters, has created a 24-hour letter writing marathon to mark World Cancer ...

Plans for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in a County Durham village have been approved by the council. The property, 50 Newton Drive in Framwellgate Moor, will become a small HMO after proposals ...

Tees, near Darlington, has been transformed into a new wedding venue following a £2 million refurbishment funded ...

The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as Ecowas, the body said. It is the culmination of a year-long process ...

Stargazers across the North East have their telescopes at the ready to capture a rare 'planet parade' event next month.

Plans to convert a Darlington house into a HMO have been submitted to the council, weeks after similar plans were withdrawn due to a ...

Looking back at the special memories created during last week’s Dementia’s Got Talent show at Darlington Hippodrome – the world’s ...

MICHAEL Carrick knows what Middlesbrough captain Jonny Howson is going through right now. Howson has been a driving force for Boro since joining the club in 2017 and has racked up more than 300 ...

A Barnard Castle businessman who launched a campaign of stalking and abuse towards a man he accused of burgling his home has landed himself in court.

A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that one in three North East children are living in poverty ...

England captain Heather Knight says having a “point to prove” could be the factor that helps the Three Lions bounce back from a string of losses and avoid a total Ashes whitewash. Starting on Thursday ...