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Cars parked on Market Place, looking down towards The Buttermarket in Barnard Castle, County Durham.

Concerns over town's parking due to restrictions

Durham County Council says plans for four roads will "improve road safety for all users".

Portrait of a woman, dating from the mid 19th Century. She has a pale face, long black hair, parted in the middle and is wearing what appear to be diamond earrings and a pink choker with diamonds or glittering jewels. Her pink dress is off the shoulder and there is a blue jewel in the middle of the neckline. Her left hand is on her shoulder resting on her hair.

Anniversary exhibition celebrates museum founder

"Trailblazer and Trendsetters" marks the 200th birthday of art collector Josephine Bowes.

Mary Hansen, who has short hair, earrings and a cream top, being hugged from the side by her son Justian, with a stone wall behind them.

'When she said enough is enough, it should have been enough'

Families who experienced terminal illness share their stories ahead of a vote on assisted dying.

A field in Toft Hill. The field has been recently harvested and round bails are scattered around the field. Houses surround the field to the right and behind the field. A stone wall is in the foreground.

Consultation on A68 bypass launched after delays

The council is asking those with knowledge of their area for feedback on the plans for the bypass.

The outside of the leisure centre has a posted of a smiling woman in a swimming pool.

Reopening of revamped leisure centre delayed

It has been closed since February with a new soft play area, gym and heating being installed.

View of the entrance to the Howdon treatment works, with the banks of the River Tyne to the left, a road with a digger at the end of it, next the the lower part of an electricity pylon.

Water firm wants 13% bill hike to tackle sewage

BBC Look North's Mark Denten is taken on a tour of the treatment works in Howdon.

Stills from hidden cameras of Banner and Bennett. Banner has a skin cut hair cut. Bennett is bald with a white beard and is wearing black-framed glasses

Secure hospital workers lose ill-treatment appeal

Their lawyers argued it was not ill-treatment but appeal judges say that was for jurors to decide.

Tall brick building with sign at on the gate at the front saying "Durham County Council: County Hall".

Council service hubs cut to one-day opening

Demand for the hubs has fallen by about 66% since the 2017-2018 financial year, the council says.

Matthew Banner and Peter Bennett

Carers who abused patients challenge sentence

Peter Bennett and Matthew Banner's lawyers argue their case at the Court of Appeal.