North Durham Academy, in Stanley, has been forced to close early today (April 27) following a significant power outage, with students sent home ...

Sinitta has said the explosive row that dominated the I’m A Celebrity… South Africa final made Jimmy Bullard and David Haye “look like bullies”. Adam Thomas was crowned winner of the ITV reality show ...

A police search is underway for two missing teenage girls who were last seen yesterday at a McDonalds in County Durham.

Paramedics and an air ambulance were called to Macbean Street at around 10.10am, following reports of a medical-related incident.

Trevoh Chalobah admitted Chelsea’s players must take their share of the blame for the chaos that led to the sacking of Liam Rosenior. Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final win over Leeds at Wembley saw a ...

Russia has repeatedly targeted Odesa, a key Black Sea port for Ukraine. Five of the injured, most of them with shrapnel ...

More than 130 jobs have been protected by a deal to take over the Venator factory on Teesside. LB Group has bought the titanium dioxide pigments site at Greatham in Hartlepool from Venator Material as ...

A derelict house sold by Middlesbrough Council has been injected with a new lease of life. The property, on Princes Road in Gresham, left ...

Pope Leo has called for Anglicans and Catholics to work to overcome differences, as he met with the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. The pontiff welcomed Dame Sarah Mullally, who is the top ...

John Swinney has said his government would begin its push for powers to hold another independence referendum on the first parliamentary day after it is formed. Setting out his plans for the first 100 ...

Sir David Attenborough, Paddington Bear and Sir Winston Churchill were among the most popular ideas suggested by the public for the new banknote designs. A freedom of information request, submitted by ...

John Lewis stressed that its policy ‘hasn’t changed’ and that it still maintains a hybrid approach for its workforce.