The RSPB is highlighting some of the year’s conservation successes as it warns of the challenges nature faces in 2025.

Motorists and commuters in parts of the UK are urged to be aware of difficult travel conditions on Wednesday morning with two yellow warnings for wind in force.

Gilsland Spa Hotel and Villa went unsold at a public auction on December 17. The formerly popular destination was listed for sale by Town and Country Property Auctions after the previous sale fell ...

FIRE safety improvements have been proposed at a veterinary clinic. A planning application was submitted by Napper Architects to create an external fire escape to improve fire safety at Scott Mitchell ...

TEACHERS and governors at a popular Tyne Valley school have slammed proposals to slash pupil admissions. Northumberland County Council plans would see year groups at the Sele First School in Hexham ...

Here are the top six Hexham Courant Camera Club images. Christine Irving's picture of a winter sky looking towards Stocksfield. Christine Irving's picture of a winter sky looking towards Stocksfield ...

The time spent responding to hoax calls to the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has reached a three-year high.

A Government minister said she found responses to the Ask for Angela safety scheme “wanting” after going undercover at venues across the UK to test the programme. The scheme was introduced in 2016 in ...

Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades. The retired Sydney ...

A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after lift-off, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended ...

Wednesday’s papers are led by backlash from the Government’s decision not to compensate women who were affected by the way changes to the state pension age were communicated. The story is carried by ...

Casualty figures from the earthquake which hit Vanuatu are expected with damage expected to hamper aid efforts. At least 14 people died following Tuesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake, which caused ...