The UK competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the proposed takeover of NHS landlord Assura. Last month, rival healthcare property firm PHP (Primary Health Properties) put forward a ...

A FAMILY butcher, with a history going back three generations, has been crowned the best in the North of England. Alderson’s, of Cockerton, Darlington, proved itself to be a cut above the rest by ...

Pop star Katy Perry and British actor Orlando Bloom have split, several media outlets reported. The pair “have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting” and ...

Sir Keir Starmer said he has a good relationship with US President Donald Trump because they both “care about family”. The Prime Minister told the BBC Radio 4 podcast Political Thinking With Nick ...

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

Mourners are set to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. Jota and his younger brother, Andre Silva, died in a car ...

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

An investigation has been launched after a worker from Durham Constabulary was photographed allegedly on his phone on the A19 in Peterlee, ...

Newcastle United have made 20 permanent signings since a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund completed their buyout of Mike Ashley and became the club’s majority owners in October ...

LNER train driver Mick Ingledew, 65, has completed his last journey before retiring after 46 years of service.