A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of Crete, prompting the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from hotels and ...

Arctic and little terns, and ringed plover, breed and nest on the fragile dunes and beaches at Long Nanny, monitored by seven ...

A critical shortage of skilled workers is jeopardising the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029, according to research. Skills development organisation City & Guilds surveyed ...

Only four survivors from the side humbled by England in their last Six Nations Championship game in March will start against Japan.

Two Emmerdale stars will be rushed to hospital in upcoming scenes on the ITV show after a 'drastic' weight loss diet.

A 'much-needed' North East bus service is to remain in operation for at least another two years, it has been announced.

PRIOR to this summer’s purchase of Enzo Le Fee and Habib Diarra, Sunderland had made 39 permanent signings under Kyril Louis-Dreyfus’ ownership.

Here the PA news agency looks at the key talking points ahead of the 112th edition.

Year 11 pupils from Dene Academy, in Peterlee, celebrated the end of their exams with a glamorous prom at Ramside Hall Hotel.

MIDDLESBROUGH have sold more than 17,000 season tickets for the coming campaign, with new head coach Rob Edwards hailing the club's "amazing" support ahead of his first full season in charge.

Pupils at a County Durham school have come together to design posters aimed at encouraging safer parking outside the school gates. The project is part of a wider road safety campaign at Tanfield Lea ...

Northumbrian Water has finished a £1.3 million upgrade at its Bishopton sewage treatment works near Darlington.