Support is being offered to Gateshead's Jewish community after two people were killed in a attack outside a synagogue. Police rushed to Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, on Thursday morning following ...

The investigation into a rape in Chester-le-Street has seen police arrest four male suspects. In the early hours of Thursday morning, a woman contacted Durham Constabulary to report the incident.

The newly announced consultation over the future of multiple schools in North Tyneside has become “inevitable”, says the Tynemouth MP. Tumbling birth rates in the area are leaving too many school ...

Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris still believes Lutsharel Geertruida's best position will be at centre-back despite having played a number of other positions for the club. The Dutch international has not ...

Plans for a new "operational training facility" for Northumbria Police have been given the green light by Sunderland city councillors. Sunderland City Council's Planning and Highways Committee, at a ...

Council bosses in Newcastle have warned there is “no alternative” to controversial plans to send much of the city’s waste to an incinerator on Teesside. It comes after the council’s cabinet dismissed ...

Becky Langley's Newcastle United side are under pressure to arrest a run of games without a win when they travel to Crystal Palace in the WSL2 this weekend. Another weekend of exciting action beckons ...

A series of bus infrastructure improvements designed to enhance service efficiency and reliability across Darlington is now in progress. Enhancements to bus corridors linking Darlington with Durham ...

Mark Short, Project Genesis director and CEO of the Dysart Group, said: "The construction of the Farmfoods store at Ponds Court completes the regeneration of this part of Consett. Over the years, ...

Murder accused Craig Howse denied wanting his friend dead but admitted his actions contributed to his death and said he is "devastated" by what happened. Prosecutors say he battered Michael Craig, 31, ...

A Cambridge graduate who tragically passed away after refusing chemotherapy was "adversely influenced" by her conspiracy theorist mother, whose actions were deemed "incomprehensible" a coroner has ...

The timeline for the construction of a new hospital in County Durham is set to be finalised following funding delays. The new Consett hospital, which will include a 16-bed in-patient rehabilitation ...