A young Consett motorist who ‘panicked’ and sped off from the police when they spotted him on his mobile phone has been banned from driving.

A Medomsley sex predator was one of the worst abusers in UK history. That's the view of the man behind an investigation into ...

Neville Husband attacked hundreds of trainees at Medomsley detention centre in Consett, Co Durham, according to Prison and ...

The harrowing and graphic details of the sexual and physical abuse suffered by victims at the hands of detention officers has ...

It is often joked that Consett has 'a climate of its own' - but why? Here's the truth behind how high Consett is above sea level.

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman issues a report into how "horrific" physical and sexual violence was allowed to continue ...

Dunston UTS are the visitors to South Shields for an FA Trophy second round tie on Saturday. Dunston UTS manager Jon McDonald ...

Staff awareness was widespread: colleagues referred to victims as Husband's "wives", and a 1970s search of the kitchens that ...

Peter Toole faced a vicious physical assault after being locked up for a petty offence at Medomsley, and said the apology to ...