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Peter Robert Snailum appeared at Durham Crown Court facing two charges brought by the Environment Agency under the Environment Protection Act.

Cocaine dealers Ryan Lawrence and Joshua Goodwin careered into the wall of a council building in Stanley, Co Durham, before police uncovered several bags of cocaine

A Ford Transit Courier driven by Jamie Leafe came to police attention in Hett village, south of Durham, at 4.35am on Friday October 27, last year.

Anthony Young, 47 from Middlesbrough, was this week jailed for 27 months and handed a restraining order preventing him from contacting his ex-wife Victoria Jackson, 42 (pictured).

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Richard Morland (pictured), 47, of Shildon, County Durham has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars after carrying out a horrific string of sexual offences.

A ‘monstrous’ child rapist who committed vile acts on his ‘helpless’ victim and made her life hell has been jailed for 21 years.

A teenager plundered his trusting grandfather’s bank account to help fund his “out of control” gambling habit, a court heard.

A teenager plundered his trusting grandfather’s bank account to help fund his “out of control” gambling habit, a court heard.

Mystery surrounds the reason why a man set light to ten cars parked outside houses in two terraced streets of a town in the early hours of a morning.

A man who behaved “disgracefully” during a prolonged incident of violence and dangerous driving, has been jailed for 44-months.