Emergency services are at the scene on the A68 near Old Town Farm and West Woodburn with the road blocked in both directions

A 12-year-old girl was playing a round of golf at Blackwell Grange Golf Club in Darlington when she came across the huge snake curled up in the rough - and it was all because of her tee shot

New rights to be aware of are set to allow stranded passengers travel replacement costs worth up to four times the price of their original ticket

Mozafar Shan pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drug offences after a high-speed police chase through South Bank and Grangetown, Teesside, ended when he crashed into a patrol car on the A66

The Turf Bar on Front Street, Consett, applied to vary its licence and extend its opening hours ahead of a busy summer period

Jordan Everington died in November 2025 after being found face down and not breathing in a field

Five Pulaos by Uday received the rating after a visit from food safety inspectors in March

The Middlesbrough singer songwriter self-directed the music video, which was first played on BBC Radio 1

Submissions in the past week include a new digital advert board and work at Middlesbrough’s ‘Environment City’

Mozafar Shan was described as 'very, very incapacitated' after taking cocaine when he got behind the wheel