Chopwell

Protectors of the North East's red kites have spoken of their disgust after one of the rare birds was shot dead near Gateshead. The protected bird of prey was discovered dead with gunshot wounds in Chopwell Wood, near Rowlands Gill, over the Easter ...

A red kite was found dead from gunshot wounds within days of another rare bird being shot in North Yorkshire, it's been revealed. The bird was shot dead in Chopwell Wood, near Rowlands Gill over Easter weekend. Examination by a veterinary surgeon ...

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Terry Meadows, who lives alone, missed his breakfast and morning medication when he was left stuck in bed at his adapted bungalow in Chopwell, Gateshead. In total he said he spent more than 16 hours in bed before carers ...

He has been fighting for an extension which would include a wet room but the council have twice refused. The family had to move to their present address in Chopwell because the council refused to build an extension at their previous home to accommodate ...

The sister of a man who died when the car he was a passenger in hit a lamppost has paid tribute to her "Jack the lad" brother. Shaun Storey, 27, of Chopwell, died when the Peugeot 206 he was in crashed near Grove Methodist Church in Consett.

Police have named man who died after the car he was travelling in collided with a lamppost in the Consett area on Saturday. He was Shaun Storey, aged 27, from Connolly Terrace in Blackhall Mill, near Chopwell. Mr Storey was the front seat passenger in ...