Party girl Betty celebrates her 100th birthday in style with a card from the king
There was a special birthday bash at a Peterlee care home as one of its residents marked her 100th birthday.
Local news from Peterlee and the surrounding area
There was a special birthday bash at a Peterlee care home as one of its residents marked her 100th birthday.
Bishop Auckland woman Helen Jones fined £120 at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court for assaulting a police officer, paying £50 compensation and £85 in CPS costs.
Plans for a solar farm the size of around 35 football pitches near Peterlee are set to go before Durham County Council’s planning committee.
Zara Hawkins, 40, of Easington Colliery, was jailed by Peterlee Magistrates’ Court after admitting three breaches of a criminal behaviour order banning her from The Co-Op in Easington and stealing £40
County Durham woman Carrie Davies received a community order after admitting driving while disqualified in Seaham. She appeared at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court.
Darlington motorist John Ellerton, 68, banned for 40 months after admitting drink-driving on Castle Court, with a £200 fine at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court.
R and R Civils and Utilities has applied to add five HGVs at its Horden, Peterlee site. Residents can submit objections to the County Durham licence change.
A man has been arrested in connection with thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped waste at sites in Hartlepool and Peterlee.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested over suspected illegal waste dumping at sites in Peterlee and Hartlepool.
A County Durham primary school is celebrating after receiving a positive report from Ofsted.
Residents and staff at Hawthorns Care Centre in Peterlee embraced a Wild West theme for a Cowboy Day celebration.
A man has been charged with murder following the death of a Peterlee man.
A man who died following a suspected murder in Peterlee has been named.

Dean Fishwick, 51, from Peterlee died following an incident in the town on Wednesday, September 23
CSI remain in Peterlee as a murder investigation continues in County Durham, after a man in his 50s died following am alleged stabbing on Thames Road on Wednesday, September 23.
Two pensioners are among three suspects in custody after they were arrested on suspicion of murdering a man in his 50s.
Children benefit from a “safe space to learn and explore” at this Peterlee nursery according to Ofsted inspectors.
Members of the public are invited to attend a care home’s weekly memory café.
A Peterlee care home is holding a weekly Memory Café for people supporting relatives or friends living with dementia.
John Bentley, 20, of St Helen Auckland, received a suspended 24-week sentence at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court after admitting riding a motorcycle while disqualified, uninsured and with a false number p