New Universal Credit claimants will receive a lower health element rate of £217.26 a month from today, while almost four million households will see their standard allowance boosted by around £295 this year

Electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid owners will pay a new tax based on mileage from April 2028, charged at 3p or 1.5p per mile alongside existing vehicle tax

North Yorkshire Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to following a theft at an amusement arcade

The A689 at Wynyard saw 1,326 drivers caught speeding by Cleveland Police in 2024/25

Chris Massey was put on the spot over a 'significant shortfall' when it came to planned-for savings from the sale of council assets

Stephen Vincent was jailed at Teesside Crown Court for once again breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)

Funding for the project in Redcar was confirmed 12 months ago, but unexpected issues with drainage emerged

Darren White, 53, from Stockton, was one of the first lung transplant patients to have a skin patch from their donor grafted onto them

Luckvindar Singh, 41, used social media sites to talk to a child he believed was 12-years-old and began grooming her

The Granary at Mels Cottages in North York Moors features an open-plan living area, swimming pool, sauna and hot tub with visitors praising its family-friendly facilities

Two men - aged 25 and 34 - have been arrested and bailed following disorder at Middlesbrough railway station

One person is understood to have suffered minor burns :: Emergency services have cordoned off an area at Crimdon Dene beach

The collision involved a blue VW Golf on Elizabeth Way in Seaton Carew

Emergency services were called to Brenda Road in Hartlepool at around 2.30pm on Tuesday, April 7

Donald Hammond has been jailed for six years - Co-accused Mark Pearce will be sentenced on August 10

The former Match of the Day host stopped for cod and chips at The Scrap Box in Dunnington, leaving customers shocked to see the football legend

PC Mark Roberts of Northumbria Police had been responding to an emergency call involving a five-year-old child experiencing respiratory difficulties

The child was with friends when two unknown males in balaclavas approached and made threats

PC Mark Roberts of Northumbria Police, who is from Darlington, has been sentenced at Teesside Crown Court

Kiora Hall, a school for autistic children and young adults in Stockton, ended the Spring term with a colour run for staff and pupils to celebrate World Autism Acceptance Day

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after the incident in Oxford Road at the junction with Tristram Avenue, Rift House, Hartlepool

Marianne Mortemore, 69, was given another patient's dose of penicillin by mistake and died following a 'catalogue of errors' at the University Hospital of North Durham

It's hotting up on Teesside with temperatures expected to top those recorded in popular holiday destinations

Paul Dunlavy, 31, made upper and lower receivers for a semi-automatic firearm at his home in Newcastle

The blaze broke out at Auto Transportation Ltd at Longhill Industrial Estate, off the A689 Belle Vue Way