Durham University tops North East for high entry requirements with students needing an average of A*A*A to be able to get in.

The Fire Station in Sunderland will play host to The Cultural Spring and a catalogue of arts events funded by Arts Council England on November 20.

A seventh celebrity has been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing and will miss out on next week’s Blackpool special. On Sunday’s results programme, former X Factor winner Shayne Ward and his dance ...

Lexie Pallett marched with charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers, which supports hundreds of bereaved military children and young people.

Ruben Amorim is set to arrive in England on Monday as Manchester United’s new head coach waits for his work permit to be processed, the PA news agency understands. Sunday’s 3-0 Premier League win ...

The hosts rallied impressively in the second half and at one stage got to within four points of the world champions.

Van Nistelrooy’s final match as interim coach before Ruben Amorim takes charge finished with a 3-0 win over Leicester ...

Four men have been arrested after 400kg of cocaine was found on a fishing boat off the Kent Coast. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said three of the men, aged 64, 45 and 25, were arrested on board the ...

Demonstrations were outlawed for the weekend following violence which was widely condemned as antisemitic in the city on Thursday.

A fundraiser to raise money for Durham teenager Lily Nichol who was “wiped out” by a paraglider in Turkey has topped £20,000.

Lord Peter Mandelson said “nobody has spoken to me” about the job of Britain’s ambassador to the US. He told the BBC on Sunday morning he would be “very interested” in advising the next appointee on ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer stepped forward to pay tribute to the fallen on behalf of the Government with his floral tribute, as did the Conservative Party’s new leader, Kemi Badenoch, other party ...