Poundland’s frozen and digital distribution centre in Darton, South Yorkshire, will also shut later this year. This will be ...

The University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) is urging the government to ringfence its planned Growth and Skills Levy funding of higher and degree apprenticeships, to tackle the rising skills gap ...

The latest evocative sculpture by Ray Lonsdale will be unveiled this week to coincide with the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

A man has lost part of his ear after a reported assault in which he had his head stamped on multiple times. The incident is ...

Former Sunderland and Liverpool forward Fabio Borini has opened up on the mental struggles of being a free agent as he continues his hunt for a new club ahead of the upcoming campaign.

A man has been arrested for attempted murder following a shooting in County Durham. Police were called to reports of shots being fired at Lanchester Hand Car Wash, just before 7.30pm. It is believed ...

Gregg Wallace and John Torode are the presenters on the latest season of MasterChef. The duo had hosted it since the show returned in the 2000s. Both were sacked by the BBC after separate internal ...

A smirking refugee groped a volunteer at a social event for asylum seekers held in a church. Ethiopian national Yousuf Musa hugged the woman when he first met her at the function in Northumberland but ...

Lynda Shaw commented: “I learned to swim there, I think it was 28 feet deep. I had a thick canvas belt round my waist on the end of a rope.” Joe Hall gets our thanks. He said: “Everyone learned to ...

Conservative councillor Dominic McDonough has backed Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Sir Bob Murray in their opposition to the current Sheepfolds redevelopment plans ...

Dan Da Dan season two episode five is due to land on streaming platforms, including Netflix, at 5pm BST for UK audiences - ...