Durham County, England News

A FORMER lap dancing club manager was today warned to expect a long prison sentence over his "chilling" attempts to lure young girls into his car.

In a heart-wrenching press conference, Lee Rigby's wife revealed the estranged couple were planning to get back together and his father emotionally shared the last text message the young soldier sent his mother.

A TEENAGER who hit a man several times with a dog lead while on bail for threatening to glass a police officer has been sentenced.

A CHEF who lost his sense of smell following a vicious random attack has spoken of his anger after his assailant was spared a jail sentence.

Drummer Lee Rigby, aged 25, from Middleton, Rochdale, was killed in broad daylight in front of horrified passers-by by two men armed with knives and a meat cleaver.

Hartlepool Police launched a probe after a man's body was discovered in a terraced house in Keswick Street, off the town's Elwick Road.

FEAR of retaliation put the oldest mosque in northern Europe and the Muslim community in the Woking area on alert following the brutal murder of serving soldier Lee Rigby in London on Wednesday .

A MOTORCYCLIST who suffered serious injuries after misjudging a corner and crashing into a car has pleaded guilty to careless driving.

Two men have been jailed for life for the murder of the stepson of gangland celebrity and author Dave Courtney.

Around a dozen sat in silence in St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Woolwich, offering their prayers for Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, of Middleton, Greater Manchester.

The 25-year-old, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, had been in the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers since 2006.

All the latest reaction and news following the horrific scenes yesterday in which ranting fanatics butchered a soldier in Help for Heroes hoodie - Sources say the Woolwich killers are of Nigerian background, who are most likely to be British citizens converted to a radical form of Islam.

Police have been dealing with an incident of suspected arson at a first floor flat in Fulthorpe Avenue in King Oswy.

Councillor Simon Henig, who represents the Chester-le-Street West central ward, has been re-elected as leader of the authority.

Drummer Rigby, 25, from Crumpsall, Manchester, was from 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, attached to the Regimental Recruiting Team in London.

EAST steelmaker is today expected to announce major losses in its full-year results, just days after writing down the value of its European operations by more than A 1bn.

HARTLEPOOL MP Iain Wright is calling on council bosses to investigate a decision by health chiefs to transfer intensive care services from the town.

A HISTORIC Hartlepool landmark has been put up for sale with the aim of it being restored and brought back into use.

A PSYCHOTIC bodybuilder obsessed with Batman's arch nemesis the Joker has admitted carrying out a terrifying unprovoked axe attack on a stranger in a public gym.

MARDI GRAS PUB CRAWL. Annual event kicks off at the Whitby branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, 117 Byron St.