Commander Stephen Clayman, the police officer leading the investigation, said it is ‘making some real progress’.

Artist Ruby Wilson, 17, from County Durham, will have her work exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists’ Summer Show.

The Met Office has issued the following weather forecast for Darlington and County Durham from Friday, June 27.

A vile County Durham man with a “fantasy” for sex attacks on women tried to rape a teenage girl walking alone in woodland.