A tipper truck driver has denied a charge arising from the death of a five-year-old boy struck by his vehicle in a residential street almost two years ago, in Newcastle.Layton Darwood was seriously injured in the accident on Willow Avenue, Fenham, on M…
A cement lorry overturned and shed its load, causing the partial closure of a road in a North East village this morning (July 1).Emergency services were alerted after the lorry came to grief on the A6085 Newburn Road in Throckley, near Newcastle.
The c…
Four North East firms have made it into the list of the UK’s fastest growing private companies.
The first Sunday Times 100 league table is published this weekend, ranking Britain’s 100 leading entrepreneurial businesses while also showcasing the people…
A major North East A-road had to be closed and Metro services cancelled after a lorry collided with a bridge on Thursday (June 23) morning – leaving drivers queuing for over an hour and a half. Emergency services were called to the A19 s…
Officers have confirmed that the body of a 29-year-old man was recovered from a vehicle that had gone into the sea near Souter Lighthouse in Whitburn.
Northumbria Police received a report that a vehicle had gone into the sea near Souter Lighthouse shor…
Thousands of vehicles are set to cause chaos on the A1 today as drivers take a stand against soaring fuel costs.
Organisers expect around 2,000 HGVs, taxis, and even ice cream trucks to be among the vehicles taking part in the ‘go slow’ protest. It wil…
Neighbours on a terraced street in County Durham have described hearing a huge bang as a car crashed through the front of a house.
Residents couldn’t believe their eyes when they rushed outside and saw a blue Kia Sorento had gone into the front of an e…
Police are searching for a red moped rider – or riders – following a string of anti-social incidents in Hartlepool.
One of the major incidents involved a motorbike crashing into a car after veering over the central reservation at 12pm on Stockton Road,…
The A1M has been closed southbound overnight while firefighters tackled a fierce lorry blaze on the carriageway. The closure was confirmed at 2.20am on Friday morning and a stretch of the motorway was still closed more than two hours later.
The truck b…
A major stretch of the A66 was closed for hours in County Durham after a lorry burst into flames on the carriageway.
Emergency services were called to lorry fire on the A66 at around 4pm on Tuesday. The busy route between the A67 near Bowes and the A1M…