Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the Government will not legalise cannabis, and defended his plans to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote, as he took questions from teenagers. The Prime Minister met ...

A person has died after being hit by a train near Darlington station. Emergency services were called at about 11.45am to the tracks near Darlington. A person had been hit by a train, LNER said ...

Sir Keir Starmer said Reform UK’s policies would tear the country apart as he vowed Labour would offer an alternative vision of ...

Several charities severed ties with the duchess, who is the ex-wife of the Duke of York, on Monday following the emergence of the correspondence.

In a statement LNER said: “A person has been hit by a train between Darlington and York. To allow the emergency services to safely access the railway and carry out their work, all lines running ...

A North East businesswoman is using her skills in makeup and skincare to support cancer patients. Dianne Playfor, 61, has run an independent Avon business on and off since her teenage years, after ...

A man has been charged with murder after the body of a missing person was found in a derelict building in south-east London, police have said. Junior Ryan Coleman was reported missing on August 20 and ...

Plans for a house in multiple occupation have been refused by Durham County Council because of how many HMOs are already in Gilesgate.

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Celebrity chef Rick Stein has closed one of his venues amid ongoing struggles in the tourism and hospitality industry as a whole. The coffee shop in Padstow closed on Wednesday, in the same week he ...

The former Love Island winner suffered the injury in a fall during rehearsals for the 23rd series of the BBC dancing show.

Mr Choudhury, who was elected to Holyrood in 2021, has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.