Durham County, England News Archives

A man has been remanded in custody accused of killing his ex-wife who was stabbed to death as she prepared to host her divorce party in Cleveland.

A TEENAGER is today fighting for life after a serious road smash. Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision, which happened in Consett, County Durham, on Friday night.

By Georga Spottiswood Firefighters who dealt with the carnage of a 40-car pile-up tragedy have been recognised for their bravery.

A MAN accused of being part of a gang which stamped and kicked a drinking friend to death has denied he confessed the killing to his mother and sister.

A Middlesbrough man has denied murdering a grandmother of six who was found dead in her bed.

A POLICE helicopter was scrambled after a car left a road, crashed through a fence and hit a tree.

A PERSISTENT offender has been jailed after being caught carrying a knife and attacking his partner.

ARMED police swooped after a man was stabbed in the street. The 28-year-old man was rushed to hospital after being attacked in Grange Road, Hartlepool, at around 6pm yesterday.

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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.

TWO young motorists were killed in separate horror crashes during a tragic day on the region's roads.

A THUG has been jailed after he left a man with what were described as horrific injuries when he was stabbed in the head and neck.

A MAN who clubbed together with friends so they could cut the cost of their cocaine use has been jailed.

TWO people have been killed in separate crashes on the region's roads. A 30-year-old woman died after her VW Golf collided with a white panel van near Coxhoe, County Durham, at about 10am today.

A paedophile who downloaded child porn on his mobile phone, weeks after being released from a Teesside prison, has been jailed indefinitely.

FRAUDSTER Anne Darwin has agreed to repay nearly 600,000 from the faked death scam she carried out with her husband, a court heard yesterday.

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A DISTRAUGHT widow said she will not succumb to thieves who stole 14 cherished gnomes from her garden.

John Darwin, who faked death at sea, and wife Anne to meet bill after vigorous pursuit by Crown Prosecution Service Anne and John Darwin kept the plot from their children.

THE family of a man brutally stabbed to death have welcomed moves to see minimum jail terms for knife killers increased to up to 25 years a ' but insist the punishment should be even stronger.

A MOTORCYCLIST killed after ploughing into a van which was turning on a busy County Durham road has been named.

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A BODY recovered from the River Wear in Durham was that of missing pensioner Billy Jones, police have confirmed.

A FAMILY business is defiant an arson attack will not leave its customers in the lurch.

A THUG who attacked a former neighbour for daring to speak out against his family's anti-social antics has been locked up.

POLICE have welcomed the 12-year jail sentence given to a depraved pensioner who had sex with a troubled young girl hundreds of times.

MORE than 200 painted ladies have landed a green award for a school. Pupils at Leadgate County Infant and Nursery School near Consett in County Durham turned sterile land in their grounds into a garden designed to attract butterflies and bees.

A man faces a life sentence after admitting the brutal murder of a popular mum-of-three. Lisa Marie Leckenby died after being attacked by ex-partner Marcel George Allan, 42, formerly of Hendon, Sunderland.

A DEALER who was caught peddling hard drugs just a month after police raided his home has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

Legendary football manager Sir Bobby Robson is to be honoured with a special medal commissioned by the Royal Mint.

A MAN left a teenager with a loose tooth and black eye after starting a fight in the street.

A student has re-lived the shocking night football beast Marlon King groped her, hit her round the head... and SPAT on her when she complained.

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A DISQUALIFIED driver who led police on a chase round busy town streets has been told he is likely to be locked up.

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Police have named two men who died when their motorcycle crashed into a parked car in County Durham.