ANGLING platforms have been repaired and reopened after being damaged by last year’s storms. The 18 platforms along the River Wear at Chester-le-Street and Durham were only installed in 2011 ...

Durham County Council has proposed that stallholders remain within Chester-le-Street Market Place when a flood prevention scheme is installed. The local authority outlined plans to relocate more ...

Plans are being drawn up to create a “unique and distinct town centre” for Chester-le-Street - and you can have a say. Durham County ... carried out to alleviate flooding issues which will ...

Paul Sexton, who has served as a County Durham councillor since 2017, has defected to Reform UK after saying he felt 'let ...

A second person has been charged with the murder of a County Durham man who died 11 days after being attacked. Michael Price, 36, was injured in the Victor Street area of Chester-le-Street ...

Two people who assaulted a County Durham man, leaving him for dead in the street, have been jailed for life. Michael Price, 36, was found critically injured in Chester-le-Street, on 13 January and ...

An Independent councillor has defected to Reform UK, saying change was "much-needed". Chester-le-Street South councillor Paul ...

England has taken victory in the third ODI ... under pressure steering the hosts to a rain-affected triumph at Chester-le-Street. The visitors, looking for the victory to clinch the five-match ...