Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by ...

A team of Scottish researchers have helped solve the mystery over a volcanic eruption that caused famines and crop failures ...

Gulati has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the cultural industries.

North East-born actress Anne Reid, who starred in Coronation Street and Wallace and Gromit, has been made a CBE in the King's New Year Honours list.

Stephen Fry said he is “startled and enchanted” to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours and hopes it sets an example that there is “always hope”. The actor, screenwriter and author is being ...

Three Metropolitan Police officers who made light of a serious sexual assault allegation have been given written warnings.

The service said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said.

From a star-studded Olympics opening ceremony to Taylor Swift’s record-breaking tour, 2024 has provided some memorable ...

The Boeing plane operated by South Korea’s budget airline Jeju Air skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport.

Eleven North East teachers have been banned from the profession this year after misconduct hearings - see the full list here.

Police and a helicopter unit conducted extensive searches of a North East park after reports that multiple vehicles had been stolen.