Commuters have been left facing gridlock after a wagon broke down near the A66.
A “huge” white recycling truck got stuck on the roundabout near Elton village, where traffic from Eaglescliffe joins the A66.
Vehicles have been queuing back towards the Ni…
The National Lottery has brought together winners from the past quarter of a century to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year.
Here are 25 winners and their stories:
– 1995
Elaine Thompson, 63, from Killingworth near Newcastle won £2,704,666 on…
Dorothy Medd. Picture by Richard Ponter
In 1940 at the age of 19 Dorothy, from Scarborough, signed up to the ATS – the women’s branch of the British Army during World War Two.
She remembers huddling around the radio when the war was announced, and …
A TYRE and autocentre company which provides 24-hour breakdown cover has expanded its business with the support of Odyssey Systems.New Bridgegate Tyres Ltd, which is based in Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe, recently opened a new depot on Tyneside t…
There is only one place to visit if you want to see the Coca-Cola Truck’s Christmas tour in the North East.
The iconic truck, famous for its appearances in Coke’s ‘Holidays are Coming’ adverts, makes annual appearances around Britain in the run-up to C…
FROM tiny toddlers to World War veterans, communities joined together to pay their respects to fallen heroes at Armistice Day events across the region.In Wingate, east Durham, World War II veteran Alec Wigham was given a hero’s welcome at the nursery s…
A SECOND World War veteran has been given a hero’s welcome at the nursery school his great-grandson attends.Alec Wigham, who is 96, served with the Green Howards, and took part in the Normandy landings on D-Day.
He joined youngsters from Wingate Commun…
“I was just passing through the protests and was on a road perpendicular to the main road. Out of nowhere the truck turned into our street and started shooting because there was a group of protestors throwing rocks.” Tessa Guild, a Durham student on he…
Celebrate the first weekend of November with some leftover Halloween events, a giant, once-in-a-lifetime moon installation in Durham and many more cool things to check out in our area.Bull Moon Rising, all weekendA mesmerizing and once-in-a-lifetime re…
A Bahraini activist who was jailed after criticising Formula One’s Grand Prix in the country has said she contemplated suicide after suffering rape and abuse at the hands of the state’s authorities.
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