Durham County, England News

Police have moved a family out of a house in Consett, County Durham, after shots were fired through a window.

THE biggest wheel in the North-East will roll into Middlesbrough town centre this weekend.

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A 12-YEAR-OLD girl has been left with a possible fractured skull when she was hit by a car after a string of crashes believed to be related to the weather.

A killer who boasted to friends that he ate a kebab as he watched his partner bleed to death at the home they shared has been sentenced to life in prison.

A WOMAN trapped in her car after it was involved in a collision was cut free by firefighters.

A FATHER who crashed his car during a high-speed race while his baby son was in the back seat has been given a suspended sentence.

A disqualified driver who was high on drink and drugs led police on a 40-minute high-speed chase.

Police in County Durham are warning that someone could die over the coming weeks as the increasing use of a so-called "legal" drug spreads throughout the region.

By Paul Watson CALLOUS thieves snatched a mum's handbag with A 840 cash in it after she collapsed unconscious in the street in broad daylight.

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POLICE in North Yorkshire have issued a warning to people from other parts of the region thinking of coming into the county to commit crimes.

POLICE are keen to speak to men who could be key witnesses in an investigation on an attack on a woman.

A feisty five-year-old girl confronted a knife-wielding burglar in her home by shouting: 'Put my Daddy's car keys down'. Chloe Edwards heard noises at 2am and ventured downstairs to see who was in the kitchen of her Middlesbrough home.

Mother whose daughter was killed by a drink-driver wins law change so driving ban will start after jail sentence are served By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:37 PM on 18th November 2009 A mother who battled to change the law on driving bans after her teenage daughter was killed by a drunken motorist has won her fight.

A MAN has been charged with drink-driving following a head on crash which resulted in a pensioner being cut out of his car.

FIVE people viciously attacked a man with a hammer after bursting into his partner's home following a feud among neighbours.

AN appeal for bell ringers has rang out across Hartlepool to boost the dwindling numbers of those skilled in the age-old art of campanology.

By Mark Payne A WOMAN who broke a toddler's arm in a reckless assault has narrowly avoided being sent to jail.

A COLLEGE will remember a tragic student whose unexplained death shocked her village and left her family searching for answers.