Three-year-old Bea is "thriving" after having a heart transplant at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.

Maggie Hackney was saved by a blood transfusion and she is urging others to come forward and donate.

Three generations of the same family whose lives were saved by blood transfusions urge more people to become donors.

A charity is appealing for pet owners to nominate their dogs for vital blood donations.

Nurse Amino Ali discovered she had the rare Ro subtype, most common in people of black heritage.

The Newcastle Blood Donor Centre has 3,500 sessions available over the next two months.

England's blood donor service says blood stocks are in short supply, amid a fresh appeal for donors.

Many countries have lifted bans on blood donations by LGBT people, but India hasn't yet.