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THE family of a 64-year-old motorist who died in a Northumberland crash yesterday (March 10) have paid tribute to a “much loved” family man…

A YOUNG driver who had consumed cocaine and wasn’t wearing his seatbelt died when his car flipped onto its roof and ejected him from the vehicle,…

DURHAM University have been accused of a “cover up” during a review into its policies for inviting external speakers, following a row over a…

DRIVERS have been warned to stick to the limit after average speed cameras went live on two busy stretches of the A1 and A1(M).

DRIVERS have been warned to stick to the limit after average speed cameras went live on two busy stretches of the A1 and A1(M).

DRIVERS have been warned to stick to the limit after average speed cameras went live on two busy stretches of the A1 and A1(M).

PROTESTERS are currently causing disruption outside Amazon warehouses - with roads blocked and trucks lined up outside.

Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT Picture: JIM SCOTT The Echo previously toured the site when it opened, but this weeks visit marked the first time a journalist has been allowed into the more secret and critical area of a UK Amazon site. Joshua Yorke, apprentice and engineering safety co-ordinator at Amazon Durham, explained why they have robots on the site. He said: "Beyond the gates, and into the field, we have these pods which hold all of our items, and the robots that you can see are called...

A TESTING mix-up led to scores of workers at an Amazon warehouse in the North-East being sent home and told to self-isolate. The workers at Amazon Durham, near Bowburn, wrongly received positive test results on Saturday after being tested for Covid on the site earlier in the week. The Northern Echo was told by workers that around 100 colleagues from across the warehouse had been informed via the NHS Test and Trace service that they had tested positive for the virus. But it was not unt...

THOUSANDS of Amazon workers across the country received the wrong Covid test results at the weekend, it has emerged.