Newcastle travel live updates: Emergency services called to railway between Sunderland and Newcastle
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County Durham
Matt Baker among pioneering leaders to receive honorary degrees from Durham University
The County Durham TV star will join leaders in Science, Law and Education recognised for their extraordinary achievements in the upcoming Winter Congregation ceremonies
Man in court after £1m cannabis farm found in former County Durham steakhouse
Anastasios Loizos appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
Met Office issues 11-hour wind warning for parts of the North East with gusts of 60mph forecast
Forecasters have cautioned that there could be transport delays when the 11-hour warning is in force on Wednesday
Tributes paid to County Durham man stabbed to death as three charged with murder
Craig Yorke, 28, died in Eldon Lane on Saturday, with a postmortem examination confirming he died from stab wounds
Rebuild of Durham Raac-hit school reaches milestone as steel foundations laid
St Leonard’s Catholic School pupils were able to sign the steel foundations of the new school
Newcastle travel live updates: Traffic and public transport latest from the North East as Gateshead flyover disruption continues
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Road closed and one taken to hospital following crash in County Durham
Durham Constabulary urged motorists to find an alternative route as vehicles are recovered
Man arrested as 1,000 cannabis plants seized from former County Durham restaurant
The cannabis plants will be forensically examined in the coming days
Tributes paid after victim of alleged murder in Eldon Lane near Bishop Auckland
Flowers have been laid close to Eldon Lane, near Bishop Auckland, where a man in his 20s, named locally as Craig Yorke, was confirmed to have died in the early hours of Saturday morning
