North East universities have welcomed the tuition fee rise but want to see more support for the higher education sector

Jake Wray was jailed for his part in riots in Middlesbrough on August 4

The fire service says it attended more than double the number of incidents this year on Bonfire Night as it did last year

A minute's silence was held at Newcastle City Council on Wednesday evening, three weeks on from the tragic Violet Close explosion that killed two people

John Cannan was named as the prime suspect in the 1986 disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, which he denied

The date of a controlled explosion that will bring down Hexham House in Walker has been pushed back, as it would have fallen exactly a month after the tragic Violet Close blast

James Greaves, 19, and Taylor Rowsell, 18, were sentenced this week to time in a young offenders' institution after selling the MDMA that killed schoolgirl Lucy Hill

He murdered Shirley Banks and was suspected of killing Suzy Lamplugh

Two men, including a former Soviet fighter pilot, who flew heroin worth over €8 million into Dublin on a light aircraft last year have been sentenced to ten and eight years in prison.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Riccardo Nathaniel Donalds, of Oscott Road, after he failed to show at court

Roz Adams was found to have suffered harassment and discrimination at a tribunal in May.

The Liberal Democrat opposition are planning to trigger a vote to remove Labour council leader Karen Kilgour in December, after a string of resignations wiped out her party's majority

Taylor Pelton, Samuel Seligson and Gabriel Schubiner were charged with hate crimes, graffiti and conspiracy.

Police investigating an explosion that tore through six flats in Newcastle and killed a boy and man have arrested three men on drug and manslaughter charges.