3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (314+ words) Signs have gone up for a new JD Sports store in Middlesbrough. The fashion firm, which is currently based at the Cleveland Centre, has erected new hoardings at the neighbouring Hillstreet Shopping Centre. The signs, which cover the front window…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (299+ words) The search is on to find Darlington and County Durham's favourite bakery, as The Northern Echo reveals the top ten shortlist for its Best Bakery 2026 competition. Readers have been nominating their favourite bakers across the region From long-established family bakers…...

2+ week, 9+ min ago   (452+ words) A Big Brother star insists that Northallerton deserves to be on your 'must-visit' weekend list. TV personality and content creator, Jordan Sangha, recently paid a visit to the North Yorkshire market town, sharing some of its more unusual attractions with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (556+ words) REVIEW: The Last Laugh, Darlington Hippodrome Andrew White watches Paul Hendy’s affectionate, laugh-out-loud play – and finds it devastatingly funny, poignant and superbly acted. Three of Britain’s greatest comedy legends share a dressing room and dissect the secret of being funny…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (436+ words) A collection of historic needlework linked to a Yorkshire Dales family proved a major attraction at an auction, with a group of antique samplers selling for £1,000. The Broderick family from Swaledale, who worked the samplers, owned the properties Spring End…...

3+ week, 9+ min ago   (729+ words) A roaring fire lapped the air as the night sky darkened outside of the tipi, revealing what we had come all the way up the A1 to see. My partner and I had driven from County Durham to the edge of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) Scottish Labour leadership contenders have warned against those leading internal briefings against candidates during a hustings in Glasgow. Monica Lennon, Joe Fagan and Michael Marra made their cases to succeed Anas Sarwar as they made their pitches to rebuild Scottish…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (82+ words) LIVE updates as cordon in place on County Durham street after 'suspicious item' found The Northern Echo Stanley suspicious package live - updates as homes evacuated - Police are currently on Robert Terrace in Shield Row, Stanley while they investigate a suspicious…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) A “predatory” refugee who sexually assaulted two women in Falkirk has been sentenced to four years in prison. Muhammad Sheikhi was sentenced at Stirling Sheriff Court on Monday, after being found guilty at a trial in May. Sheriff Keith O’Mahony…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (614+ words) A man accused of killing a Scottish woman and disposing of her body in a suitcase has appeared in court in Athens. The 26-year-old is accused of killing Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, who was discovered by a homeless man in a derelict…...