Universal Credit, State Pensions, Child Benefit, PIP and other benefits may be affected by changes due to the two May bank holidays ...

Shaftoe Trust Academy in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, has earned the foundation level of the British Council's International School ...

A 14-year-old boy has died and 14 children have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following a fire in Gateshead on Friday evening (May 2). Emergency services were called to the fire near ...

The Newcastle-Gateshead marathon is returning on Sunday (May 4) and a number of roads have been closed to facilitate the run.

The results are in and settled from Thursday’s (May 1) local elections. Here's a look at who will be representing Prudhoe's three wards on Northumberland County Council.

Voters in Hexham have elected their new town council representatives. Results are now confirmed for the Priestpopple, Leazes, and Gilesgate wards and are as follows: ...

One of two former friends on trial for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree had a “fascination” with the tree and thought it would be “a ...

A COUNTRYFILE presenter, who grew up in a remote area of Tynedale, has discussed burnout and reminisced about the Tyne Valley in a recent interview ...

Emma Lowrison represented Great Britain ladies, with herself and her teammates bringing home the bronze medal in the clay pigeon shooting category.

WITH sunny spells and brighter evenings upon us, and summer just a stone's throw away, is it about time for a trip to the beach?

Is the £20,000 cash ISA limit about to be killed off? Martin Lewis says it's being considered 'That's not a rumour. I know it for a fact.' ...

Speaking in March, ahead of the town and county elections, newly re-elected councillors Derek Kennedy and Suzanne Holly Fairless-Aitken told the Hexham Courant about the reasons they're running and ...