New figures show more than 70,000 children growing up in the North East are affected by the cap, and more than £90m would ...

Seven Northumbria Police officers were taken to hospital following a horror crash on the A1 in Newcastle in the early ... attempted to stop a car in the Whickham area of Gateshead due to concerns ...

A council has defended its "very strict" stance on children being taken on holiday during school time following a spike in fines. The number of penalties handed out in Newcastle for unauthorised ...

Two police officers are still in hospital after seven were injured in a horrific crash on the A1 motorway near Newcastle ... a dark grey BMW M Sport in the Whickham area of Gateshead at about ...

Five police vehicles and a BMW car were involved in the crash near Denton Burn, Newcastle ... said officers attempted to stop the BMW in the Whickham area of Gateshead at about 02:00 over ...

Today will see early sunny spells give way to mostly cloudy skies later on. A few scattered showers will drift in from the west at times, these most likely during the afternoon. Breezy. Tonight ...

The car had been spotted in Swalwell after police tried to stop it in Whickham around 2.00am due to concerns about its driving. Northumbria Police's Roads Policing Unit was dispatched to the area ...

Relevent Sports has settled its antitrust lawsuit with the US Soccer Federation, likely clearing the way for the sports promoter to host foreign league matches on American soil. English football ...

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