Syria is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since the fall of the country’s autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated after a rebel offensive in December. Under the 50-year ...

Eddie Howe has named an unchanged Newcastle United starting line-up for this afternoon's Premier League game with Nottingham Forest.

Simon Dawbney, 47, from Ferryhill, County Durham, has been jailed for 16 weeks after being convicted of assaulting a woman.

Emergency services descended on Neasham Avenue in Billingham just before 6pm on Saturday following reports of an assault on a 23-year-old man.

The White Swan in Pickering, a North Yorkshire pub, has been put on the market in a "rare opportunity" for £825,000.

Hundreds of smiling and cheery residents stepped out for Houghton Feast's annual carnival parade. Can you spot yourself in our pictures?

Nathan Maguire admits the pressure was off after cruising into a third World Para Athletics Championships final in New Delhi.

In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a night-time aerial assault killed a civilian woman and wounded nine other people including a 16-year-old girl, regional governor Ivan Fedorov reported.

Comedian Alan Carr has said he will be doing “no comedy” as part of his plan to win The Celebrity Traitors. The 49-year-old will appear as part of a cast of 19 famous faces, including Thursday Murder ...

A man is set to appear in court later this month charged with stabbing a man at Flamingo Land. Joshua Donnelly will be in the dock at York Crown Court on October 27 after being charged with possessing ...