The issue is around Home Responsibilities Protection and one mum told the BBC she'd got a cheque for £35,000 in back payments ...

Multiple trains from the Metro's new fleet had to be taken out of action last summer after developing leaks during heatwave ...

Douglas Rogers was battering his girlfriend who begged the woman to call the police - he then subjected her to a horrifying hammer attack in Sunderland ...

Every council in England will receive a share of an £860 million pot to create more places in schools for children with SEND ...

Jobs in Sunderland are at stake after BT confirmed it is planning on closing a call centre that employs over 460 people. The ...

Newcastle City Council wants to demolish the dilapidated Higham House offices which it bought for £5 million in 2011 ...

Dr Clasper explained why she was passionate about supporting the work of the centre - and of unpaid carers more generally.

Ad Gefrin is understood to have brought around 200,000 tourists to North Northumberland since it opened three years ago in Wooler ...

As with all EuroMillions draws, there is a Millionaire Maker code attached to every ticket you buy. One code will be selected ...

As Eddie Howe stands amid the bomb site of Newcastle's ruinous season scattered with false hope, my mind repeatedly goes back ...

Sam Fender is to pick up an award for best live act at a ceremony honouring legendary musicians later this year. The North Shields lad, who has performed to a packed-out St James' Park on multiple ...

A cruel crook sneaked up on a disabled pensioner as he used a cash point before grabbing his money and running off. Richard O'Sullivan saw the victim, who used a wheelchair, at the machine and decided ...