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Three teenagers charged with murder as family pay tribute to dad-of-two

Craig Yorke, 28, died in Eldon Lane, near Bishop Auckland, in the early hours of Saturday (14 December).

Yesterday

Mum denies playing games on phone while baby boy drowned in bath

Danielle Massey has admitted the manslaughter of seven-month-old Charlie Goodall, but says it is on the grounds of an "unsuitable" bath seat.

Yesterday

Four arrested on suspicion of murder after man dies in County Durham

Officers were called to Eldon Lane in County Durham in the early hours of Saturday 14 December. A man in his 20s died at the scene.

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Mum 'thought she was going to die' after being attacked at grave of murdered son

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Moped rider was 'significantly intoxicated' before crash which killed teens

Dad of baby killed in crash takes baton to finish 700 mile memory bike ride