Mourners including Steps singer Ian “H” Watkins and TV personality Kim Woodburn have begun to arrive for the funeral of Drag Race UK star The Vivienne. The service for James Lee Williams, who died ...

More rain has fallen on parts of Southern California after causing mudflows over the weekend – helping firefighters, but boosting the risk of toxic ash run-off in areas scorched by Los Angeles-area ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed into a research centre devoted to fighting extremism ...

Michael Oliver and his family have been subjected to threats and abuse since he sent off Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly at Wolves.

Goalkeeper Andre Onana hopes Manchester United’s 1-0 win at Fulham proves a “turning point” in their season. Lisandro Martinez’s 78th-minute strike earned Ruben Amorim’s side victory at Craven Cottage ...

It is business as usual for Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham despite the club’s poor form. The pressure increased on Postecoglou after a 2-1 home defeat to Leicester on Sunday, but the Australian is ...

Stronger safeguards are needed in the proposed new law on assisted dying to protect against people requesting to end their lives because they feel they are a burden on society, James Cleverly has said ...

The 50-year-old is accused of murdering his teenage daughter Scarlett in their Darlington home in July last year. A High Court Judge will hear the trial at Teesside Crown Court over the next two weeks ...

Emergency services and Northumbria Water say they were alerted to the sinkhole on Broughton Road in South Shields at around 7am this morning.

Officers from Northumbria and Durham police forces have issued an appeal in an attempt to catch Kieron Wynn, 31, who is wanted on a prison recall.

Holy Family Catholic Primary School, on Prior Street in the town, will be closed for the whole day (January 27), due to not having any hot water ...

An overseas cricket professional who spent last summer with a grassroots cricket club in County Durham has made his Test Match debut - and took ...