2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (580+ words) Reform Members celebrate at the 2025 Durham County Council local elections at Consett Leisure Centre.(Image: Craig Connor/ChronicleLive) The Reform UK leadership of a North East council has defended its running of the authority after allegations of bullying and mismanagement....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (482+ words) Dean Taxis has sacked a driver who is claimed to have turned up to a woman's home(Image: handout) A taxi driver has been sacked from a North East firm after complaints he made inappropriate remarks to a female passenger…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (223+ words) A former mayor has called for faster action to simplify train tickets across the North East. Jamie Driscoll, who served as the elected North of Tyne mayor from 2019 to 2024, is urging transport bosses to speed up long-held ambitions to roll…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (409+ words) Newcastle United CEO David Hopkinson has been speaking about plans for St James' Park After ticking off a training ground sponsor, improving the club's current facilities, announcing plans for a new HQ near Woolsington and appointing the head coach that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1345+ words) A coroner in England ruled Lucy Harrison had been unlawfully killed(Image: Cheshire Police/PA Wire) The mother of a British woman who was unlawfully killed after being shot by her father in Texas is preparing to travel to America…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (538+ words) Prime Minister Andy Burnham and (inset) Archie York, the seven-year-old killed in the Violet Close explosion in Newcastle(Image: PA) Andy Burnham has pledged to do “every single thing I can” to stop a Newcastle schoolboy’s killer being released early…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (458+ words) More than 3,700 people have signed a petition against a potential cycle lane for Stamfordham Road, as Newcastle City Council denies claims that dozens of trees could be cut down A war of words has broken out over a rumoured cycle…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (367+ words) A fundraiser is estrablished for the family of Jason Arday whose death was announced on Friday(Image: Humphrey Nemar) Donations are pouring in to a fundraiser set up for the family of Jason Arday which before noon had topped the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (296+ words) Rage It Out, on Queen Street in Consett, offers supervised rage room experiences and axe-throwing sessions - and a retrospective planning application has now been submitted following internal alterations to the premises A rage room where people can demolish items using…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (636+ words) Like every loving parent does every night they can, Katherine Errington told her son she loved him and that she would see him in the morning, never imagining they would be the last words she said to her boy. And…...