Richard Salkeld, former ITV Tyne Tees journalist and current Head of Communications at Lumo, has been awarded the prestigious Freedom of the City of London.

A North East PR guru renowned for his charity work has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London. Former ITV Tyne Tees ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.