TOWN halls have been ordered to speed up adoptions to rescue children languishing in care after new figures revealed delays of up ...

POLICE have confirmed the identity of a man who was found shot dead in a car - and believe a woman who died by his side may have ...

A PAEDOPHILE who snatched four little girls from the street in the 1980s and 1990s, sexually abused them then dumped them - two in ...

TWO people from the North-East suspected of importing fake Viagra and anti-obesity pills were questioned today as part of an ...

A YOUNG couple who were betrothed in a police van after the theft of their engagement ring have been offered a ...

GUSTS of wind as high as 100mph are due to sweep the country tomorrow, with the North-East and Yorkshire expected to be badly ...

A SERIES of dawn raids across the North-East has resulted in several arrests in connection with a suspected drug dealing ...

HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley said the North-East was still on course to gain a flagship new hospital – one year after he ...

PLANS to turn a burnt-out school once attended by Stan Laurel into a museum and community centre have received the royal seal of ...

A BUSINESSMAN falsified accounts at his village post office because he was inept rather than a criminal looking to fleece his ...

THREE men were last night starting life sentences for the punishment beating murder of a father-of-two they wrongly suspected of ...

DETECTIVES are appealing for help tracing jewellery thieves who stole silver charms and necklaces worth thousands of pounds in a ...

A HEADTEACHER accused of insurance fraud after his BMW car was found burned out told a court that he had nothing to gain by ...

RELATIVES of an 11-year-old boy have talked about their family's devastation after he was left fighting for his life following an ...