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Leicestershire road closed as emergency services deal with 'large fire' overnight

Firefighters are tackling the warehouse blaze overnight

Finance boss delivers key update on Newcastle hotel taken over by council after near £40m debt

Newcastle City Council took over the Crowne Plaza hotel 18 months ago, in an effort to recoup the huge debts it was owed by its previous owners

Candidates confirmed for Northumberland by-election triggered after councillor passed away

Coun Arty Hume represented the ward from May 2025 until his death earlier this summer

Gateshead pervert snared by American TikToker who uses AI to make women look and sound like children

Jamie Teasdale thought he was talking to a 15-year-old girl and has a previous conviction for a similar offence

Thief who kicked officer in face found with 'zombie-style' machete in his Newcastle home

Adam Cronin struck the constable with his foot as he climbed a wall in a bid to escape arrest

Tyneside panel held on work-based immigration to 'stop loudest voices leading agenda'

Members of the public were brought together by a group of cross-party MPs to share their feelings on the divisive issue

From Trump to the Tardis and another new PM: Charles marks fourth year as king

In the past year, Charles undertook official duties on 164 separate days

Labour to announce sanctions over Israeli West Bank settlements in ‘reset’

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to set out a ‘reset’ of the UK’s relations with the country in a Commons statement on Tuesday.

Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed

OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the en…

The UK country where 'too many children are being let down'

Northern Ireland has the highest infant mortality rate in the UK - and could be raising one of the unhealthiest generations of children in decades, paediatricians have said.

Noel and Liam unite for Don't Look Back In Anger premiere - here's what we learn from the film

As it was for their reunion shows, the Gallagher brothers arrived at the premiere for their new documentary with the same show of unity - Liam with one arm draped around Noel's shoulder, the other fist held aloft, trium…

Northern Ireland has highest infant mortality rate in UK, paediatricians warn

One in 10 children ‘deprived of basic necessities after rise in poverty’

Millions for spaceport and defence projects in Government’s new space strategy

NI has highest infant mortality rate in UK, paediatricians warn

It said that rates are highest in the most deprived areas, and Northern Ireland now has the highest infant mortality rate in the UK

Tesco and John Lewis among UK firms in pledge to create 100,000 jobs to tackle Neets crisis

The placements will be offered directly to young universal credit claimants in a programme dubbed ‘Opening Shift’

Criminal gangs blackmailing schools with deepfake child sex abuse images at ‘shocking’ scale, experts say

Nearly half of headteachers have reported pupil images being used for harmful acts including blackmail and extortion, new research reveals

Plans for pub and 18-bed hotel at Wynyard Park office building

Wynyard Park Ltd has asked for planning permission to change offices to a pub on the ground floor and a hotel on the first floor

'Important milestone' as specialist Middlesbrough school joins mainstream education trust

Beverley School, which serves children requiring autism-focused education, is the first specialist school to join The Legacy Learning Trust

Controversial campervan parking ban expanded to popular areas on North Yorkshire coast

The expansion of the overnight ban on motorhome parking comes following a 'displacement of problems'

Middlesbrough councillors to debate regulation of ‘unreasonable’ estate management companies

The discussion will take place at a full meeting of Middlesbrough Council on Wednesday, September 9

Paedophile who 'sought to blame' sexual abuse of child on his drug-taking is caged for 10 years

Robert Ashcroft did not admit what he had done until after his victim had gone through the ordeal of giving evidence

National Trust Cymru lead £1m Eryri restoration bid

A £1 million project to restore wildlife and reverse nature loss across more than 1,600 hectares of the Nant Ffrancon valley in Eryri is now underway

Stanley Park death mystery as police presence remains 11 days after discovery

Eleven days on, detectives are still working to establish the identity of the woman