Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has deemed to be a “grievous smear” made by a confidential source in a Spotlight documentary that alleged he had sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein ...

A witness who watched an alleged murder victim collapse in her Middlesbrough garden after being stabbed has denied trying to protect the victim ...

Residents living in and around Birtley have been advised to keep windows and doors closed due to an ongoing fire at an industrial unit on O'Brien Business Park. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service ...

A SUSPECTED bomb has been found at a village property in North Yorkshire. A 100m safety cordon has been placed around an address on Main ...

Scotland has had its driest start to the year since 1931 while north-west and north-east England have had the lowest rainfall since 1929.

Peter Sullivan has said he is “not angry” and “not bitter” after the Court of Appeal quashed his murder conviction, making him the longest-serving victim of a miscarriage of justice in the UK.

Ahmed al-Doush has been given a 10-year prison sentence reportedly over a social media post he wrote seven years ago.

A teenager from the North East is believed to be missing in Thailand, according to police in the UK. Bella Culley, 18, from Billingham, could be missing in the Southeast Asian country, says Cleveland ...

The BBC has confirmed that crime drama This City is Ours, starring Sean Bean, will return to our screens in the future as a second series is on ...

A Labour MP is being investigated by Parliament’s expenses watchdog over his spending. Tahir Ali, 53, faces a probe relating to “office costs, travel and accommodation,” the Independent Parliament ...

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering their parents.

A student who has accused a monk of molesting him at a prestigious North Yorkshire school said the worst abuse happened after he turned 16, a ...