A Bishop Auckland woman who stabbed her own dad to death with knives, a poker and a walking stick died from heart disease in ...

Ann-Marie Pyle battered 77-year-old William Pyle with a poker and repeatedly stabbed him, 'in revenge' for her mother’s death ...

Ian Smith, who was suffering from blood cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), died in hospital while ...

A convicted paedophile locked up for over 20 years for raping a young boy has died behind bars after contracting covid.

After a man remanded in HMP Durham took his own life the day he arrived, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has criticised failures by officers to identify the risk. Ahmed Alshbli arrived at HMP ...

A pensioner "ruined" two children's lives when he groped them as they played outside, a court has heard. Michael Moran, 74, ...

Daniel Khalife was met with cheers and back-slapping from fellow inmates who congratulated him on his dramatic escape after ...

A former prisoner has claimed she only survived her time in jail thanks to a theatre company. Cheryl Byron was serving a ...

HMP Durham has been ordered to make changes after a second man died after being found hanging in his cell, according to a report into his death. Ahmed Alshbli, 35, was found in his cell at HMP Durham ...

HMP Durham has once again been criticised over its use of restraints on ill prisoners after a double amputee with "severely limited mobility" was taken to hospital restrained. A Prisons and ...

HMP Durham has once again come under fire for its use of restraints on sick inmates, following an incident where a double amputee with "severely limited mobility" was transported to hospital in ...