Ashington, Bedlington and Blyth have undergone some big changes in recent years – as this selection of pictures shows.

Fifty years ago I played a young Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis my teenage love songs – and so began my TV composing career ...

In October 2002, a decision that nobody saw coming occurred when Bob Murray appointed Howard Wilkinson as the new Sunderland manager, with a curveball for good measure in the form of appointing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Republicans won a political victory this week in hauling former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary ...

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that reverse course, further shaking up areas that ...

Rolling coverage of the UK’s new GDP report, showing growth of just 0.1% in October-December and 1.3% across 2025 UK economy limps along at 0.1% growth – but there are reasons for optimism in 2026 ...

LONDON, Feb 6 - An alleged animal rights extremist can be extradited from Britain to the U.S. to stand trial over bombings linked to animal testing more than two decades ago, a London court ruled on ...

If the hyper-militarization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in places like Minneapolis looks like something out of a war zone — Iraq in the early 2000s, for example — you may not be far off: ...

Almost 20 years ago, in 2007, the Iranian Revolutionary Government kidnapped 15 members of the British Royal Navy and other British Marine personnel. The Iranians claimed that the British vessel had ...

Bigger than forecast rise probably temporary but analysts rule out Bank of England interest rate cut in February Inflation in the UK rose for the first time in five months to 3.4% in December, pushed ...

The lingering absence of a national plan for the defence of the UK is hard to comprehend given the potential for a wider war in Europe that was triggered by Russia's first invasion of Ukraine more ...