The Northern Echo BUSINESSiQ Awards 2025, in association with Amazon, shone a light on the North East’s most inspiring businesses and leaders ...

Today we name eight drivers who have been named and fined in court for driving offences in County Durham and Darlington.  They appeared at ...

The government is considering nationalising British Steel in a bid to protect its future - as the Scunthorpe plant “hangs in the balance”.

A NHS trust has confirmed it carried out a ‘thorough internal review’ following the theft of drugs by a Middlesbrough would-be murderer.

An anaesthetist who carried out an indiscriminate attack on a Northallerton shop owner has been locked up for life for attempted murder ...

Good afternoon, welcome to The Northern Echo's live coverage of the sentencing of Darren Harris at Leeds Crown Court.

This is how you make the viral AI action figure doll with ChatGPT - follow these instructions and to make your own Barbie for free.

Some voters in the North East will be going to the polls next month – in the first set of local elections in our region since Sir Keir ...

A lorry overturned on a busy roundabout near Darlington today, causing traffic delays. Police were called to a roundabout on West Auckland Road, near Heighington at 9.50am today (April 11) after a ...

A Change.org petition has been launched calling for mandatory in-person GP appointments for children after the death of 2-year-old boy.

Households across the country could be eligible for huge savings of up to 90 per cent off their water bill - here's how to apply ...