THE Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the North-East and North Yorkshire for heavy snow, freezing rain and widespread icy conditions. The warning, issued at 8.30pm, is valid from midnight to 10am on Tuesday. The warning
FIRE fighters are at the scene of a large blaze in a town centre retail unit. Three fire crews were called to the building, on Surtees Road, Peterlee, at 9.15pm. A spokeswoman for Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue said the building, which measures
A MAN was taken to hospital after being rescued from a flat fire. Fire crews were called to Lindley Road in the Clifton area of York at 5pm today. Two fire fighters wearing breathing equipment rescued a man from a ground floor flat. He was given oxygen
POLICE have confirmed that a man who died while climbing a frozen waterfall in the Lake District was a 54-year-old man from Shildon, County Durham. Dave Church, of Windsor Court, died yesterday after falling 80ft on Cautley Spout, near Kirkby
A MAN has appeared in court accused of murdering a 48-year-old man. The body of Gary Francis Virr was found in a ground floor flat in Eastborough, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, on Thursday. Detectives charged 51-year-old John David Stamford with
A MAN from the North-East has died after falling 80 feet on Boxing Day while ice climbing a frozen waterfall. He had been climbing with a companion, both thought to be from the County Durham, when one fell at Cautley Spout, between Sedbergh
THE father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has offered prayers to the family of a woman whose body was found on Christmas Day. Joanna Yeates, from Bristol, had been missing for more than a week before her body was discovered by walkers close to
ALAN Pardew will name Tim Krul in Newcastle's starting line-up for tomorrow's game at Tottenham despite the goalkeeper's abject error in yesterday's 3-1 defeat to Manchester City.Krul handed City their opening goal on a plate at St James' Park when his
ON CHRISTMAS Eve, Jose Enrique posted a series of pictures on the social networking site, Twitter, showing members of the Newcastle squad exchanging presents at Fabricio Coloccini's apartment. Two days later, and it was Manchester City's players receiving
A MAN has been released without charge following the "unexplained" death of a woman on Christmas Day. A postmortem carried out yesterday on the woman's body has proved inconclusive. Ambulance crews were called to an address in Billingham, Stockton,
A MAN was due to appear in court this morning, charged with the murder of a 48-year-old man. The body of Gary Francis Virr was found in a ground floor flat in Eastborough, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, on Thursday. Detectives yesterday charged a
Hartlepool United's League One game with Orient, set for Bank Holiday Tuesday, has been postponed. Teesside referee Ross Joyce inspected the pitch this morning, but with the Victoria Park surface already frozen and a fresh layer of snow laying on the
Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 SUNDERLAND'S visit to Manchester United was always going to be a difficult task regardless of whether manager Steve Bruce had a full strength side to choose from. And, considering the Black Cats were without several
Members of the Ferryhill Town Band were out on Christmas eve playing Xmas Carols around local clubs and pubs. Each Christmas the Ferryhill Town Band donate what they raise to charity and this year they very kindly donated this to the Ferryhill
