Beneath the gentle dips of this idyllic village green lie hundreds of bodies - victims of the Black Death plague
The region is riddled with secret tunnels - this week we take a look Darlington, Richmond, Durham, Sadberge and Coundon 2
Coronavirus drives journalists out of Northern Echo head office for first time since Luftwaffe in 1941
The day Darlington fire brigade dashed off in search of a large blaze but instead found themselves very hot under the collar about a bike
Tackling an epidemic - how Middlesbrough built an emergency hospital 122 years ago to see off smallpox
It's 1898 all over again when matches were played in secret as Middlesbrough FC was on a road to glory
The story of the 30ft long mining masterpiece moving to new Bishop Auckland home ahead of County Hall demolition
Will one of County Durham’s most irreplaceable buildings at the heart of the coalfield be saved today?
Inside Redhills: the miners' mansion which put them on a par with the stately homes of the mineowners
The furnaceman and undertaker who conspired to steal lids from the coffins of the dead at Darlington Crematorium 2
The 'disgusting' hard labour treadmills at Northallerton Prison and how officers got the nickname 'screws' 6
Readers’ memories: mystery picture identified and a question about a tunnel under the river at Yarm 1
Derailed tomato train rescue at Newton Aycliffe disturbed when a US fighter jet plunged into the field nearby
The Echo's offices and newsagents were all over the place - but where exactly? Can you identify any of these places? 2
How a meeting of railway pioneers held around this table 200 years ago today ensured the S&DR stayed on track 2
The Barnard Castle family who invented the world's first street sweeper to scrape away muddy dungy mess
The sad end of the 18th century toll bar between Darlington and Great Smeaton where William Wordsworth once stopped 8
Nostalgia The story of an 'air-mad' lad who travelled for over an hour by bicycle to see the aircraft at Middleton St George 5
Pictures: The chaps of RAF Middleton St George and some corking moustaches in the final years for the military airfield
Nostalgia Darlington plane crash: "There was the body of the pilot - his legs had been cut off but were still in the boots" 15
Nostalgia The watchmaker, the farmer's wife and the dirty clock that suspiciously regularly needed repairs
Zaccheus Wright outside his Thirsk shop in 1881 and the newspaper bills that helped us date the picture
