HSBC has warned that it expects lending to “remain muted” for the rest of 2025 after posting lower-than-expected profits for the first half of the year. Profit before tax fell by 5.7 billion US ...

A man has admitted two assaults arising from a town centre pub disturbance last month, in which it was said a set of keys were used as a weapon.

The Penny Gill, on Cheapside, had been nominated by its punters in The Northern Echo's Best Pub 2025 competition. The bar is run by Tracy Fox, 54, who took over managing the place only a year ago.

Hundreds of residents have backed a community campaign against plans for an organic waste processing plant. A proposal to open an industrial-sized anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Sprucely Farm near ...

ROB EDWARDS has praised Law McCabe for his pre-season performances – and challenged the Middlesbrough youngster to force his way into the first team on a regular basis this season. McCabe has been ...

Regis Le Bris has told Dan Neil he will have to “step up” if he wants to nail down a place in the Sunderland midfielder next season.

Investigators are yet to identify a suspect of the suspected arson attack which ripped through an abandoned Darlington building one year ago.

As a conservation project to return former coalfield areas to nature reaches its first anniversary, PETER BARRON finds out how much has ...

Live theatre returns to Newby Hall near Ripon, North Yorkshire, with a performance of Twelfth Night by The Lord Chamberlain’s Men on Friday, ...

An 87-home development has officially launched in the North East. Eaglescliffe-based Mandale Homes announced the opening of Stephenson Mews in Urlay Nook, near Eaglescliffe, is is described as ...

This week sees the launch of Destination X, a new BBC gameshow hosted by none other than Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon. The competitive reality series is said to be a take on ‘The Traitors meets ...

A nun and a businessman have been nominated for one of a North East city's highest honours. Sister Mary Scholastica and Paul Callaghan CBE have been put forward for Freedom of the City by Sunderland ...