Multi-million-pound funding for neighbourhood policing in County Durham and Darlington has been hailed as a “huge boost”.

A man has been charged with four burglaries in connection with incidents at The King John’s Tavern in Hartlepool ...

A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil at a school has said she was sorry for what she had done and regretted it – wishing she could turn back the clock, a court heard.