The BBC licence fee will rise above the rate of inflation from April, and will be set to increase each year until 2027 ...

A thug left a man "inches from death" after stabbing him in the neck with shards from a broken bottle after "making a ...

Charitable foundations from Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool took part in the event for children and ...

Rhys Walker, of West Boldon, has been jailed for eight years after jurors found him guilty of rape and sexual assault ...

A train sex pest left two lone female passengers unnerved by showing them pornography and sexually assaulting one of them.

Utilita Arena Newcastle is undergoing a makeover in celebration of its 30th birthday.

A total of 191 Roseate terns chicks hatched on Coquet Island this year, with 92% of the birds going on to fledge ...