A North East band featuring autistic musicians and vocalists is celebrating its 10th anniversary. PETER BARRON goes along to see them in action ...

Plans to open a cafe on the Front Street of a County Durham town have been lodged with the council. The proposal involves converting a residential unit, 4 Front Street, Consett, into a retail cafe.

Tomahawk Steakhouse will be opening a new restaurant at the Metrocentre in Gateshead - featuring a new twist called 'steak on a stone'.

Athletics is in the Wolff family genetics and Wallington middle distance runner Daniel Wolff has an Olympian great-grandfather to look ...

Each man pointed to the crises of the day as reasons for voters to choose their respective running mates for president.

Sir Elton John treated an audience at New York Film Festival (NYFF) to a rendition of several of his hit tracks, including Tiny Dancer, following the screening of his new documentary. Directed by RJ ...

Kristie Higgs, 47, was dismissed for gross misconduct by Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after sharing Facebook posts criticising plans to teach LGBT+ relationships in primary ...

Charles and Camilla will host a St James’s Palace reception for guests invited from the across the member states of the Commonwealth. Among the 300 guests will be singer Grace Jones, dancer Motsi ...

The UK now has more atheists than people who believe in the existence of God, new research has said. The team of researchers, led at Queen’s University Belfast, have launched the interim results of ...

Further showery spells are expected across England on Wednesday but drier, more settled conditions are set to arrive in the coming days. Any initial heavy rainfall and cloud will turn lighter as the ...

Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell, who was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour aged just 35, is expected to undergo further treatment after scans showed her cancer has started regrowing. Ms ...

Everett played Robert Whittaker in the movie about two best friends, a straight woman and a gay man, who decide to raise a child together.