Older people are being urged to check if they qualify for any extra financial support from the Government through two benefits

Help can come through schemes including the Warm Home Discount, Cold Weather Payment and Winter Fuel Payment - here are more details

Lee Kinnell had been trusted to look after the pensioner's home when he is suspected of taking the cash from her bank account

Jason was last seen driving a red Nissan Qashqai which was last sighted travelling Westbound on the A66 at around 11.15am yesterday morning

Tax officials have new powers to see what you are getting rid of

Fraudulent messages claiming to be from the DWP about the Winter Fuel Payment are being received by thousands of people - here's what to watch out for

You can use the app when shopping at dozens of retailers

The State Pension will rise again in the spring

You must ensure this document is up-to-date so you can keep driving

Pankaj Bedi pleaded guilty to one count of controlling or coercive behaviour

The coin is a United States of America 1795 Draped Bust Silver Dollar

Getting vaccinated remains important, health bosses said, though Covid is now spreading much slower than earlier in the autumn.

The main house at Ancroft Southmoor Farm is a barn conversion, while there are also cottages on site

The Groat Market was home at the time to the new offices of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and the old Town Hall

Bella May Culley and Lindsay Sandiford have been released from prisons in Georgia and Indonesia respectively this week

Iain Frizzle, 66, was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court after admitting distributing indecent images of children

The A69 is expected to be closed for some time in both directions between Haltwhistle and Greenhead

Campaigners have been pleading with Labour ministers to abolish the two-child benefit cap, which Bridget Phillipson said on Friday is "holding back" North East children

Locals have voiced their opposition against plans to install a slots casino on the Collingwood Centre site

Bridget Phillipson addressed controversial school closure and merger plans in North Tyneside during a visit to Battle Hill on Friday, amid warnings of empty classrooms across the country

The council has been working on a new special educational needs strategy for the next three years

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Caleb Blench, aged 10, delivered hot food and bottles of juice to two homeless men before using his own money to buy one of them a blanket

Lewis Scott said his family are 'the best thing that’s ever happened to me'

A jury at Liverpool Crown Court said Barton crossed the line between free speech and a crime for his posts on X