9+ hour, 40+ min ago   (829+ words) Concerns have been raised about North East Mayor Kim McGuinness’s plans for major bus reform across the region. The North East Strategic Mayoral Authority is currently consulting on a proposed bus franchising scheme that would bring services back under public…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (334+ words) A funeral will be held on Thursday for a police officer who was killed in a horrific collision on the A66 and described as “giving everything to everybody”. The service for Pc Tom Clough, 38, in Redcar, Teesside, comes a day after…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (582+ words) Nigel Farage has called for full face coverings to be banned in public “once and for all” after masked protesters gathered for anti-migrant demonstrations over the weekend. The Reform UK leader labelled face coverings a “menace” and made clear he…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (450+ words) Hundreds of protesters have descended on Portsmouth vowing to prevent migrants who arrived in a small boat being taken to a processing centre in Kent. They were attempting to block routes away from the Eastney Landing ferry port and vowed…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (336+ words) The leader of Northumberland County Council’s Reform UK group has branded claims he attended a Tommy Robinson rally in London as “lies”. Coun Rick Baker, who represents the Cowpen ward in Blyth, retorted that he was driving a bus in…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (135+ words) A much-loved Northumberland farm shop is set to close after 16 years of welcoming visitors. Wheelbirks Parlour, located near Stocksfield, will shut its doors on Sunday, September 6, following the decision to put the estate up for sale. The shop was recently…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (757+ words) Parliament returns this week, and it will see the first PMQs of our new Prime Minister. After a summer of hard work, meeting constituents, voluntary organisations, businesses and charities, as well as getting out to every corner of the constituency…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) Four people have appeared in court charged with murder after a newborn baby girl, named only as Baby S, was found dead with 33 wounds from 15 separate stabbings. Prosecutors told a district judge at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court that the baby’s body…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (663+ words) The pandemic experience of thousands of Scottish workers has been documented in a new publication by the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, which reveals stark differences in how workers say they were treated and protected. Voices from Businesses and Individuals draws on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (385+ words) The Home Secretary has claimed the Government’s crackdown on small boats is beginning to “bear fruit” after the combined total number of boat crossings over the summer months fell to its lowest since 2019. Some 102 small boats brought migrants over the…...