Three people have been taken to hospital after a two-car crash in Consett. Police and paramedics were called to Durham Road ...

A Spennymoor great-grandad died just days after suffering a serious stroke due to "serious failings in care" whilst in ...

The family of a great-grandfather who died after a spinal stroke, which went undiagnosed for nine days, say he was dismissed ...

Spennymoor RAF veteran and great-grandfather George Fawcett, 86, died after "serious failings" in NHS care when he had a ...

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One person has been taken to hospital after a crash on a major County Durham road. Emergency services were called to a collision on the A690 and have closed a section of road between Brancepeth to ...

Older people in the North of England are living with ‘alarming’ inequalities, including poorer health and lower levels of ...

A man has died and three others were injured in a four-vehicle crash near a busy roundabout. Durham Police said the crash ...

Couzens, 52, who was found guilty of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, was escorted from HMP Frankland in ...

Wayne Couzens secretly underwent a back operation – reportedly costing the taxpayer £17,000 and sparking concerns he jumped the queue.

England’s health watchdog has urged doctors to act quickly when they suspect a stroke, even if a patient presents with atypical symptoms, after a rise in the number of investigations carried out ...