A local hospice has launched its biggest-ever Christmas fundraising campaign. Tynedale Hospice at Home in Hexham aims to raise £50,000 in just one week through The Big Give Christmas Challenge. All ...

Commonwealth leaders said the time had come for a ‘meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity’.

A thief who was part of a gang which stole £7,000 from a woman after targeting her at a Hexham bank has been deported from the UK.

A book about Alexander the Great has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction. University of Durham historian Professor Edmund Richardson, 44, was named the winner of the prize for his book ...

The patient, identified in reports as a healthcare worker, is expected to be flown back to Britain by medical evacuation.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary elections as legally binding ...