The A1(M) near Darlington has been closed for more than 12 hours after a serious two-car crash on Christmas Day evening.

A woman is being questioned by police after she was arrested on suspicion of murdering a man on Christmas Day in a Staffordshire village. Staffordshire Police said officers were called to a report of ...

In an exclusive interview with The Northern Echo, select committee chair Chi Onwurah MP talks about Elon Musk, County Durham jobs, and ...

A young sex offender caught with hundreds of disturbing child sexual abuse has been given a three-year community order. Ashley Teasdale was only a teenager when his Darlington home was raided by ...

The North East's newest lifeboat in Hartlepool has been named in honour of a generous legacy donor. But it also pays homage to an ...

In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor countries and commit to protecting the planet.

A sex offender who remains classed as a “high risk” to young females has been jailed for chatting online with what he thought to be ...

The plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny.

Moscow has launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across ...

ONLY one Championship team have scored more goals than Middlesbrough so far this season but, on the flip side, today's visitors Sheffield Wednesday are the only team in the top half to have conceded ...

Eddie Howe can see similarities between Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali and Italian great Andrea Pirlo.

Scores of foodbanks across a large area of the North East have been hit by a possibly unintended blow from the Chancellor’s budget.