Ebchester

A rogue trader conned a pensioner into paying hundreds of pounds for shoddy work on her roof. Shaun Doyle, 30, of Fair View, West Rainton, cold called at the 81-year-old woman's home in Ebchester in May last year and tricked her into paying over £300 ...

Mr Robert Johnson, a Gentleman of Ebchester Hill was a very happy man at the birth of his son Cuthbert in 1724. He was his first son and would be his heir. However, father and son were not always to see eye to eye. Cuthbert had followed in his fathers ...

Firefighters from stations in Durham and Newcastle were called in to battle the fire and a police van diverted traffic outside the Chelmsford pub in Ebchester as well as further along the road at Low Westwood while the blaze was extinguished. Drivers ...

A BARBER shop and two homes in a terraced block have been severely damaged after fire broke out this morning (Friday, Feb 12). Crews were called to Black's barbers at Low Westwood, near Ebchester, County Durham, at about 9.40am. Police closed the ...

Firefighters from Durham and Newcastle are tackling the blaze and a spokesperson from Durham's fire service said that there have been reports that the shop roof has collapsed. The spokeswoman added that everyone had been accounted for and are safe.

John Edward Kay used stones in the garden to smash a bay window at the semi-detached property, in East Law, between Ebchester and Consett, late on Saturday November 14. He then scoured the property searching for items to plunder, leaving with ...