Consumer champion Martin Lewis has written to the DWP to urge them to investigate the current rules

Warning issued to parents on screen time for young children

Strictly Come Dancing star Amber Davies has spoken out after she and Nikita Kuzmin made it through to the final of the 23rd season of the BBC dance competition

Cheapest places to buy Quality Street, Cadbury Heroes, Roses and Celebrations this Christmas

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed when benefits will be paid in the lead up to Christmas and New Year 2025

Jamie Lee Curtis, Barack Obama, Kathy Bates and Ben Stiller are among those to have paid their respects to Reiner's incredible career in TV and film as an 'apparent homicide' investigation is launched

The singer has called for a national screening programme after being treated for prostate cancer

Sebastian Robinson lived in a "fantasy world" of porn and committed horrific sex offences

Actor and director Rob Reiner was found dead in LA, alongside wife Michele Singer Reiner

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

You can use our interactive tool to find out your life expectancy as figures show which North East areas have the highest and lowest expectancy

The five-bedroom property in an exclusive Morpeth estate sits overlooking Cotting Burn

Peter Smith, who has an appalling record for motoring offences, took police on a dangerous pursuit through Blyth

Tyneside Community Shop has racks of clothes and toys, with products for children and adults, with a range of prices

Here are all the planned road closures and roadworks in the region including Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham for the week beginning Monday, December 15

Northern says that 920,000 journeys have been made on the Northumberland Line in its first year back in service

New South Wales Police commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed two gunmen who launched a mass shooting attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney were father and son, with 16 people confirmed dead and 40 in hospital.

One star has missed out on the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 final after losing out in the last dance-off of the series

One person was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, but Northumbria Police said that the overwhelming majority of fans behaved "respectfully and appropriately"

Newcastle fans had hoped for better than the flat 1-0 defeat against their vicious rivals

The atmosphere at St James' STACK fanzone was bouncing, but the Magpies' performance on the pitch was not

Kevin Bell thought he was chatting to a teenage boy on Snapchat but it was actually a police officer

The new development will be built on the site of the former Horndale Working Men's Club on Meadowfield Way, which has been vacant since 2006

The Tankerville Arms is described as 'one of the region's most recognised period hospitality properties'

Courts in the North East heard details of some distressing crimes this week - here's a round-up of the main headlines