Charlie Forsythe had been drinking when he picked up a piece of paving slab and used it to attack a homeless man.

Some simple additions to your bathroom cleaning routine could help ward off spiders without costly chemicals

The theatre has taken pride of place on Newcastle’s Grey Street since it opened in 1837

Dr Thomas Kwan was working at a surgery in Sunderland when he hatched an audacious plot to murder Patrick O'Hara in Newcastle for financial gain

Lee Hoult claims the bags are constantly being ripped open by rats and seagulls and the council are doing nothing to help

Niall Thubron, formerly of Durham Constabulary, had been working on investigations into serious crime on the "High Harm Investigation Team"

West Yorkshire Police have issued an update after former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died at HMP Wakefield

The homes, funded by the council and the government, will accommodate children 'experiencing mental health challenges and behavioural distress'

Middlesbrough's planning committee decided by five votes to four that the work, already underway, would be permitted

In the decade since Redcar's SSI Steelworks closed its gates forever, there's been a lot of change on the colossal site