The heavily indebted utility company has agreed a deal for £3 billion in extra funding, but it needed 75 of its senior creditors to agree to it.

Pensioners and those in receipt of Universal Credit, PIP and Child Benefits are among the millions in line for a cash boost from the DWP ...

The new version of the song will feature voices from three previous editions of the song, Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014).

Lincolnshire Police said 33-year-old Viktors Zeglovs has been charged with the murder of Vadims Zmicerevskis in Spalding.

A Northumberland County councillor is calling for young people to voluntarily leave social media as a trial. This comes after the Australian government proposed a ban on social media for children ...

A photo exhibition is set to be displayed at Haslam's of Hallgate. The exhibition, by Mark Whiteside, will take place on November 23 and will feature various photographs under the name Sloth Snaps.

The money, which comes from the previous Government’s levelling up fund, will be used to improve cycling infrastructure in Bedlington and between Hexham and Corbridge. The Bedli ...

A Northumberland village has been given a boost with 14 new parking bays to help support the community and open up local businesses to passing trade. The new bays have been installed by the team ...

An air ambulance pilot has issued a warning after a laser pen was shone into his helicopter cabin. JJ Smith from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was flying over Washington on Monday when ...

Simple Minds bass guitar legend Derek Forbes is set to appear at the Queen's Hall Arts Centre in Hexham as part of his book tour.

A charity cycle ride covering more than 1,000km is set to arrive at Belsay Hall and Castle. The Cycle 4 Caroline ride is being undertaken by some of Britain's top eventing riders, with the aim of ...

Family pension pots could help close the pensions gender gap, and stop two in five women heading towards retirement poverty.