The company behind the Newcastle Puppetry Festival believes the artform is largely "misunderstood".

One of the teenagers jailed for killing a 14-year-old is to be released due to prison overcrowding.

The councillor believes people with legitimate concerns have been "sucked into" far-right protests.

Jurors are told Gordon Gault was fatally stabbed as part of an ongoing dispute between rival groups.

Ketamine and MDMA were found when police executed a number of search warrants in Newcastle.

Three teenagers - aged 15, 16 and 17 - have been arrested in connection with the attack.

Calcium hypochlorite supply issues are being blamed on Brexit, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

The drivers became stuck after heavy snow and high winds hit parts of the M62 near Rochdale.