Before 1984, coalfields communities were flourishing. After the miners' strike, everything changed and the effects are still being felt today. 

Miners' strike: 12 months of action and '40 years of pain' for North East

Bradley Lowery Way and Sunshine Place are now roads on a new housing development at Blackhall Colliery.

Streets named in honour of Bradley Lowery

Marty Bates murdered John Littlewood in Blackhall Colliery in 2019. James Riley and Donna Balfour were both sentenced at Teesside Crown Court today.

Gemma Lowery announced the pregnancy, saying Bradley will be the "best guardian angel" to his little brother or sister.

A man has been ordered to pay fines and coasts of more than £1,200 after driving through County Durham with a 'dangerously' overloaded van.

A dog has sniffed out more than 27,000 cigarettes without the appropriate health warnings in County Durham.

Skylar Cowan Gallagher was found unconscious with no heartbeat when
paramedics were called to a house in County Durham in June.