Durham

A dog was just days from starving to death when he was rescued from a room where his cruel owner had left him locked in with no water
Despicable Mark Gallagher left Tyson in an upstairs room which was covered in faeces and urine, with a sofa which had …

Colonel Ian Cartwright, who has died aged 89, had an outstanding record of command on active service with the SAS, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and the security services.In late 1958, D Squadron 22nd Special Ai…

An eyewitness saw a vehicle fly-tipping large chunks of soil and turf at Castle Lane (Image: TVBC)

A SOUTHAMPTON man has been fined after piles of dirt were fly-tipped.
Toby Flanagan failed to assist Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) with an …

A disgruntled customer has slammed a restaurant manager for having “the manners of a reversing dump truck” in a scathing one-star review.
One diner visited Newcastle’s Revolucion de Cuba with his family for what should have been a happy meal out at Chr…

Restoration specialists S Nicholson & Sons have taken on two new apprentices and a full time painter and decorator to support the family-run firm with its growing order book.
It has also invested £80,000 to update and expand its fleet with two new …

LAST week, we featured a picture of a porter at Darlington’s Bank Top station standing on top of some precious-looking Christmas parcels on December 22, 1962.
Half seen in the background was the creamy cab of an unusual-looking vehicle. What was it?

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The family of a man who has died in a collision in County Durham in the early hours of New Year’s Eve have paid tribute to him.
Stephen Bonallie, 32, was travelling in a silver Audi A6 estate on the A167 between Whitesmocks and Sniperley, in County Dur…

After three years of complaints, Gateshead Council has pledged to keep a street in Leam Lane free from mud – but some are sceptical about the proposed solutions.
According to Dorothy Steel, 66, a resident of Evanlade, the street is often caked in mud a…