Bethany Hutchison, president of the Darlington Nursing Union, welcomed the 'clear and necessary guidance from NHS England'

Police, paramedics and the Great North Air Ambulance Service have been called to the A688 near Bowburn which is causing huge delays

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that some state pensioners who retired before 2016 could be entitled to an extra £922 a month through the Additional Pension (AP) scheme, which includes legacy SERPS payments and the pre-2016 state ...

Paula Ivers said she had severe chest pain - but she was misdiagnosed

The Met Office has issued a UK snow forecast update as El Niño continues strengthening rapidly, with the WMO warning the event could be one of the strongest since 1950

Emergency services swarmed the car park in Whitley Bay after a two-vehicle crash on Thursday left three people requiring hospital treatment

The suspect was found deceased at the scene

A charity has announced the difficult decision it has made of selling a sports centre and land

Homeless and jobless Dylan Curry was back out shoplifting just two weeks after his last appearance in the dock

A new survey of more than 7,000 young people in Newcastle shows that roughly a third of school pupils in the city are chatting over the internet with people they don’t know in real life

Newcastle City Council officials are yet to decide what will become of the site of the Violet Close explosion in Benwell, saying any plans will emerge 'when the time is right'

James Mason, described as 'lovely' when sober, left his grandmother distressed by assaulting her and stealing from her

Today marks two years since the tragic drugs lab explosion in Violet Close, Benwell, that claimed the young life of seven-year-old Archie York

A train and a bus have collided at the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in Pas-de-Calais, France [World news]

Earlier this evening, Tyne Theatre confirmed the cancellation of the Sam Campbell – Kid Giblet show

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging or assisting the commission of an assault following the crash in Yorkshire.

We have everything you need to know about the Set for Life draw for Thursday, October 15

Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years

In a debate Minister for Social Security and Disability was told 'it is time to end a cash payments benefit system for people with more minor conditions'

Andrew's mam Julie McDonald, 56, said she is 'disgusted' with the outcome and intends to appeal the sentence

Emergency services, including firefighters, ambulance crews and police have descended on Westgate Road

Northumbria Police confirmed the incident was sparked after a man climbed a roof and 'refused to come down'

The results come just two weeks before secondary school applications for next year close on October 31

Three people have been arrested after a woman died in the Newton Heath area of Manchester in the early hours of the morning

The A1(M) northbound was previously closed following the collision in County Durham