MPs in County Durham have slammed the process of London councils sending refugees up to the region as “little more than social cleansing”. The Northern Echo can exclusively reveal that councils across ...

Darlington Borough Council have announced a full list of events coming to the town in the remainder of the autumn and winter.

Hezbollah announced overnight that 15 of its operatives had been killed by Israeli forces, but it did not how or where they ...

More than 24,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK since the start of the year after 707 people made the crossing on Saturday. Home Office figures show that 11 boats were intercepted ...

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has said he does not have a £150 million “war chest” to tackle poverty in Scotland. Mr Murray dismissed reports that the Scotland Office would be allocated such funds for ...

Newcastle United are set to confirm the appointment of St Mirren's Diarmuid O’Carroll as their new reserve-team boss.

At least 32 people have died and 17 others have been injured after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reported. Another 18 miners are believed to be ...

Organisers of an agricultural show are gearing up for a return of the event later this month, as a further schedule of what's in store has ...

Transport for London’s (TfL) income from fining drivers using major roads in the capital has soared by 57% in the last five years, new figures show.

Strictly Come Dancing fans could not wait to see celebs and professional partners such as Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell.

Labour began its annual conference on Sunday morning still mired in a row over gifts to senior MPs and questions about the Prime Minister’s chief of staff. Senior figures sought to move on from the ...

Maddison crowned a superb display with a fine chipped effort in the 85th minute to clinch the points after first-half efforts by Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson cancelled out ...