Durham OnAir

County Durham will mark Remembrance with a reproduction Spitfire, striking poppy installations and an art exhibition.

Sam Rushworth MP for Bishop Auckland on Remembrance, saying 'This Remembrance weekend let’s put politics aside and focus on what unites us'.

Kurt Pearn has been detained under the Mental Health Act after his housemate was stabbed six times in Consett; he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

A coroner has criticised Army safety procedures and training failings after a young County Durham officer was killed when he was run over by a reversing armoured vehicle during a military exercise.

Durham University has been accused of asking academics to leave so it can spend money elsewhere by the UCU as it launches a voluntary severance scheme.

Durham OnAir, the local radio station for County Durham & Darlington, is today celebrating 6 years of bringing local radio back to County Durham.

Harry Enfield is visiting Stockton Globe on November 21st with his new show Harry Enfield and No Chums. Famous for giving the world unforgettable comic characters including Loadsamoney, Stavros, Kevin and Perry, Smashie and Nicey, The Old Gits and Tim Nice-But-Dim.

Having been invited to a preview reherasal a few weeks ago, I was incredibly excited to see how the superb Darlington OS would transport us all into the world of We Will Rock You. Would the performers manage to honour the vocal brilliance of Queen? Would I be rocked? Or would I leave thinking 'Another one bites the dust"?

Thursday 22 October saw a new generation of Billy Elliot’s take an educational trip to the original North East film locations of the acclaimed 2000 film, including Seaham and Easington Colliery, ahead of Billy Elliot The Musical’s launch in Wearside this November.

Det Supt Andy Furphy said he hoped other potential victims would gain "courage" and "confidence" from the guilty verdicts.

Most analysts expected the increase from 3.75% to 4%.

Channel 4 will reinvest the show's budget in "distinctive new programming" and said sorry again to the women involved.

The final piece in a £2bn rail project is late, with less than half of the trains tested.

Matthias Jaissle says he feels the full support of Newcastle United's bosses despite the worrying recent performances and alarming run of results

Kim Hellberg defends his switch of formation in Middlesbrough's 2-0 defeat to Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground

Our predicted Sunderland team for the Europa League tie against Dinamo Zagreb at the Stadium of Light

Phil Parkinson's verdict on Wrexham's win against Middlesbrough in the Championship