Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, won the job with a promise to confront increased aggression shown by President ...

A child sex offender has been jailed for 48 months after being found guilty of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

One person has been taken to hospital after the air ambulance was called to a medical incident in Bishop Auckland today (May 6). The North East Ambulance Service responded to a 'medical incident' at a ...

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a Britain’s Got Talent finalist accused of raping two women. Andrew Johnston, 30, competed as a singer on the television programme in 2008, ...

Paris St Germain boss Luis Enrique has confirmed his star man Ousmane Dembele is fit for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal. Enrique had been sweating over the ...

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

A five-storey student accommodation block was evacuated after a flat set ablaze. Emergency services were called to The Glassworks student accommodation on Coquet Street, in Newcastle, on Sunday ...

Plans to build a house in a Darlington village have been submitted to the council. The proposal, submitted by Jonathan Saddington of Saddington Taylor Planning on behalf of Dr A and Mrs C Marshall, ...

A woman accused of having an illegal abortion is “still utterly traumatised” by her experience, her barrister has said as she told jurors the facts of her client’s case “are a tragedy but they are not ...

A violent Middlesbrough bully who was caught on camera repeatedly punching his wife after he chased her out of the house while he was naked has ...

At about 1pm, emergency services were called to the A181 at Thornley, east Durham, after a crash involving a motorcycle and a Peugeot. The rider was hurled from his vehicle during the crash with his ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Mr Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, ...