An extra bank holiday is expected to be announced next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

Newcastle City Council has delayed its decision on a proposed cut that will remove its free home to school travel for post-16 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities

Disgraced nurse and child serial killer Lucy Letby is serving a life imprisonment with a whole life order after being found guilty of multiple counts of murder.

North Tyneside Council chiefs and the Cullercoats Fishermens Association are in a battle over the state of the village's boatyard and its proud fishing traditions

Everyone in the UK is given a personal allowance each year, which is the amount of income you can have before you start paying tax. But many people are failing to take advantage of this HMRC perk

The two councillors represent some of Northumberland's most rural areas

Shanahan, from the Isle of Benbecula, was reported missing after vanishing in the Tindill Road area of Balivanich at around 1.30am on Friday.

Urban Green took control over Newcastle's parks in 2019, but is now set to be wound up after a review found it could not survive without 'substantial' financial support from the city council

The 79-year-old woman had to be surgically removed from the mattress she was attached to. She died in hospital two days later of necrotising fasciitis and sepsis.

Brothers Erik and Joseph Menendez were convicted of killing both of their parents with a shotgun back in 1989 - the brothers claimed self-defence, but they were sentenced over the murders.