Seventeen people have been killed in two mass shootings that took place close to each other in a rural town in South Africa. A search is under way for the suspects, national police spokesperson ...

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham and Scottish secretary Derek Thomson both called for action from ministers at Westminster and Holyrood.

Opportunity is the word to define Mackenzie Carson’s rugby career and her next opportunity will see her run out in Vancouver, the city of her birth, as an England player on Sunday. The 26-year-old has ...

Three firefighters, a woman and her one-month-old twins, and an 89-year-old woman whose house was struck by a falling tree ...

Lewis Hall was the Man of the Match as Newcastle United claimed a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at St James' Park.

Newcastle Airport has been named the best in the UK and Ireland after the busy summer season. The airport, near Ponteland, is estimated to have welcomed more than 3.5 million passengers over the ...

Middlesbrough are looking to get back to winning ways in the Championship after last week's Stoke disappointment Narcis Pelach will take charge of the Potters for just the second time Join us for upda ...

Yvonne Macmillan said she had hugged the King, who was diagnsoed with cancer earlier this year, ‘because of him being unwell’ ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested after a car collided with a wall on Yarm High Street, just outside Yarm School.

The King warned that the climate is “changing dangerously” as he took part in a ceremony to mark the Scottish Parliament’s “milestone” 25th anniversary. Charles, who was accompanied by his wife ...

Anthony Gordon scored a second-half equaliser from the penalty spot as Newcastle United drew 1-1 with Man City at St James' Park.

Anthony Gordon celebrated his impending new contract early as he struck from the penalty spot to deny Premier League champions Manchester City victory at Newcastle.