- State Pension update following call for anyone approaching retirement to 'access payments early'
The Chancellor has been urged to make a major change to the state pension system
- Cullercoats RNLI has busiest year on record with 63 calls so far in 2025
The lifeboat station previously recorded 2024 as its busiest year, with a total of 45 calls, but this year has already comfortably exceeded that
- DVLA warning issued as UK motorists risk hefty fine
The DVLA has issued a warning to motorists this week, urging them to consider whether their car needs to be taken off the road. Here's everything you need to know
- North East dealer forced to sell cocaine by 'Geoff' had Samurai sword and petrol bomb
Callum Thynne, 27, was forced into dealing drugs after running up a £4,000 debt to dealers in Easington, County Durham, when he was in his early twenties, a court heard
- Gmail warning issued as millions of passwords stolen in data breach
A massive email breach that saw the data of 183 million Gmail users leaked, "came from everywhere you could imagine", an expert has said, but prominently featured several categories of Google data
- Gosforth Harriers backs women's safety campaign with night-time running event
The Newcastle club, which is based in Great Park, is supporting These Girls Can Run, which is promoted by England Athletics
- Developer sought for huge £330m deal to transform derelict Newcastle wasteland
More than 1,000 could be built on the Quayside West site over the next two decades, under plans to finally redevelop a prominent patch of derelict land in the heart of Newcastle
- The 'special' Northumberland cottage in scenic village that 'rivals Bamburgh'
Home to some of the 'most scenic views in Northumberland', the 'fairytale' village of Warkworth offers plenty of characterful places to stay
- New Mrs Claus' Bakery at Newcastle Christmas Market reveals menu of treats
New addition will spice up festive market's Christmas Village
- Hopes centuries old New Year's Day wheelbarrow race can be saved amid cost concerns
Traffic management puts a significant cost on the organisers of the event
