13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (476+ words) A County Durham rapist who preyed on three vulnerable girls was branded “entitled” and a “misogynist” as he was caged for 13 years. Harrison Strange was a teenager when he sexually abused the three girls, including two while on bail after…...

13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1066+ words) “We are doing a life sentence. You are living and breathing it all the time.” After 17 years of tirelessly fighting to overturn the double jeopardy law, Ann Ming finally got justice when Billy Dunlop admitted murdering her daughter in court…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (139+ words) A young man was left unconscious and another injured after an attack in a County Durham McDonald’s. Police were called to the McDonald’s on Ponds Court Business Park in Consett at about 4.30am on Sunday (September 13) after an assault. A man…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (181+ words) A Bishop Auckland woman has been fined after rubbish bags and cardboard were left in a road in County Durham. Lauren Anne Watson, of Bridge Street, Bishop Auckland, was prosecuted by Durham County Council over litter deposited outside the same…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (126+ words) Police were called to a County Durham car park after a fight broke out. Emergency services attended the Aldi supermarket car park on Front Street in Consett shortly before 1.20am today (Sunday, September 13). It follows reports online of police being “everywhere…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (628+ words) Construction is underway on more than 150 new prison cells at HMP Kirklevington Grange in Yarm in a bid to keep streets safer. Ground was broken at the open prison on Thursday (September 11) for three two-storey accommodation blocks that will deliver…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (635+ words) A banned driver gave police another man’s name when he was stopped because he feared a longer driving ban. Anthony Prior’s attempt to evade detection put suspicion on an innocent man and ultimately landed him in prison. Prior, 32, of Oak…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (168+ words) A 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth after police warned they would use powers to arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings. Timothy Miller, of Southampton, will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (772+ words) A controlling man kicked his terrified ex in the face after grabbing her by the neck, shoving her against a wall and biting her breast. Ian Hind treated his partner “appallingly”, squeezing her neck until she was almost breathless, Durham…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (197+ words) A motorist who was caught by a speed camera travelling at 80mph on the A66 has been fined. Graham Houliston was driving on the A66 at Bowes Moor, near Barnard Castle, when he was recorded exceeding the 70mph speed limit. The 53-year-old, of Westwood…...