Peterlee Town Council says the decision is a "key milestone" in securing Shotton Hall's future.

The 19-year-olds sold fake phones on Facebook and later attacked a police officer at a Travelodge.

Approval is granted for 72 homes to be built on two plots of land in the village near Peterlee.

The Peterlee shop is ordered to close as the council seizes more than £16,000 of illegal goods.

Raymond McDonald is currently serving a four and a half year prison sentence for fraud by deception.

Dylan McNulty is jailed for offences including wounding and sexual activity in front of a child.

There has been a surge in violence against the police, a BBC investigation has found.

Wayne Bryson is sentenced to almost nine years in prison after being found guilty at a trial.