Durham County, England News

A SERIAL shoplifter targeted three shops in Burton just weeks after she failed to attend court for another theft in Durham, a court has been told.

The children from Roseberry Primary and Nursery School, Pelton, near Chester-le-Street , welcomed Mrs Subashini Weerasinghe in North-East style today .

A FIRM was today ordered to pay almost A 27,000 after a worker had to have his arm amputated after falling into dangerous machinery in an asphalt production plant.

BURTON's MP found beer drinking to be a religious experience by enjoying a pint with the Archbishop of Canterbury.

In this photo Thursday, April 25, 2013 Lucy Butler,15, getting ready to have her measles jab at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, England, as a national vaccination catch-up campaign has been launched to curb a rise in measles cases in England.

North-East MP James Wharton is to introduce a Westminster bill to make it law that an in-out referendum be held on Britain's membership of the EU.

A GYM owner whose expansion proposals were refused planning permission says the decision will prevent the creation of new jobs and affordable fitness opportunities.

Dementia Awareness Week begins today. Health Reporter Helen Rae speaks to former football heroes about their experiences of having a parent with the condition But despite playing for rival North East football teams the pair share a common bond that many others across the North will identify with.

A MAN blamed his dyslexia for failing to list all of his previous convictions on an application for a firearms certificate, a court heard.

A player who was told he would never play football again following surgery at 32 made his comeback against a Newcastle Utd XI Footballer Mark Eccles has defied the odds to turn out for his team less than a year after he suffered a heart attack on the training pitch.

The Met Office today issued severe weather warnings for the North East and Cumbria, as heavy downpours caused problems on region's roads Drivers using Scotswood Road in Newcastle had to negotiate deep surface water on the eastbound carriageway, and sandbags were laid in a bid to stop the water.

Buy this photo L/R Rob Warner and intrepid Frank McGain-Harding. Buy photo: 211308J INTREPID Frank McGain-Harding will spend Whitsun week walking the 86 miles along Hadrian's Wall Path to raise cash for Stourbridge charity No Limits Community Project.

Year three, four and five pupils from West Cornforth Primary School took part in a big tidy up event, picking up litter throughout the village.

TWO people were today jailed for 15 months each for their part in a cash-for-crash insurance scam - bringing to an end the biggest case of its kind heard in the country.

The Pigeon Detectives singer Matt Bowman commented: "We're a live band. That's where we cut our teeth, that's where we're most comfortable, that's where we have the most fun.

Green-fingered volunteers recently donated their time to transform an overgrown garden at Dubmire Primary School in Houghton-Le-Spring, Sunderland into an exciting new outdoor learning area.

New green apartments for the elderly in Crook have been named in a list of the top affordable housing developments in the country.

David Snow, 56, sustained a fractured skull, broken vertebrae in his neck and several breaks to his left leg in the incident at the Wienerberger plant near Bishop Auckland , County Durham on January 18 last year.

POLICE have warned motorists against using their mobile phones to take photos of accidents - after several drivers were seen taking images of a serious rush-hour crash this morning .

There may be no end in sight to the economic gloom but at least we can escape for a few hours on a track.