Mika Hakkinen is convinced that Lando Norris is ready to win his first Formula One world championship this season. The ...

One person has been killed and others injured when a car was rammed into a crowd in western Germany, police said. A suspect is in custody after the incident in Mannheim on Monday. Police asked the ...

Police in the western German city of Mannheim have asked the public to stay away from the central area and stay inside their homes. Officers would not disclose what prompted the large law enforcement ...

Armed forces minister Luke Pollard said various options are on the table but insisted no plan has been agreed.

It was on Jack Vettriano’s 21st birthday that apprentice mining engineer’s life changed forever. His then girlfriend gifted him a set of watercolours which would lead the Fife native to exhibitions ...

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out which secondary school their child will be joining this September.

The widow of rugby league star Rob Burrow is to run the London Marathon in what she described as a “testament to his enduring legacy”. Lindsey Burrow will run the 26.2 mile course in April as a ...

Hello and welcome to The Northern Echo's live coverage from Teesside Crown Court. Graeme Hetherington will be doing live updates from the ...

A teenager has died after police were called to wooded area in a County Durham town. Police and paramedics were called to a forest off Colliery Road in Willington at about 9.30am on Sunday, March 2 ...

Barclays will offer a fixed mortgage rate of 3.96% from Tuesday as it reduces some of the rates it is offering by up to 0.48 percentage points.

Four people were taken to hospital after a fishing boat capsized in the North Sea - with two lifeboats being launched to the scene.

A County Durham drug dealer who helped move over £200k worth of cocaine up and down the country has been put behind bars.