The tax burden faced by employers that hire staff on the minimum wage will hit the highest level on record this year as a ...

The stop-smoking campaigner and cancer survivor given a New Year's Honour "won't stop" until tobacco companies are forced to ...

The large building on Stockton Road, near Park Lane Interchange is set to be turned into four apartments after plans were ...

Social care organisations have called on the government to act "urgently" on plans for long-term funding and reform after it ...

The new series of Vera has brought roles for ex Coronation Street star Shobna Gulat i, who joined the Vera cast as ...

One person was taken to hospital on Thursday evening after a crash on the A1 (M) in County Durham. The incident saw a ...

Follow live updates here for the latest on Newcastle's roads and updates on public transport across the North East region ...

Tyne and Wear Metro boss Cathy Massarella has warned commuters that service will not be able to run between Heworth and ...

Just as many Vera fans hope that a spin-off of the hit drama is on the horizon, Brenda Blethyn's on screen sidekick David ...

Vera's Brenda Blethyn was the person to appear in the last ever scene of the ITV drama as it ended on Thursday night ...