The most common concerns raised by contacts to the helpline were about sexual abuse or exploitation, emotional abuse and physical abuse.

Independent MP Rupert Lowe has admitted mistaking a charity rowing crew for “illegal migrants”. Mr Lowe, who was elected as a Reform UK MP but now sits as an Independent in Great Yarmouth, had posted ...

Raiders have stolen £500,000 of jewellery from a home in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police said. The items, which ...

The meeting comes on a day when at least 42 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes and shootings across southern Gaza, ...

A member of the northern lion subspecies, the Barbary lion once roamed freely its native northern Africa, including the Atlas ...

Subscribers are being given the chance to win a range of prizes this August, with three competitions launched to mark the summer season.

A free sci-fi monsters exhibition is currently running in Hexham. The "Seek, Locate, Restore!" exhibition is running until September 6 in Galleries one and two of Queen's Hall. The event celebrates ...

A defibrillator on Fore Street has been restored after being out of service for five years. The device, outside Yorkshire Traders, was brought back into use through collaboration between the North ...

Remains of an early medieval settlement have been discovered during a quarry excavation in Northumberland. The finds were unearthed during work at Divethill Quarry in Capheaton, and include timber ...

English Heritage are set to host a series of events across its sites in Northumberland. Warkworth Castle will host a Knights’ Tournament on Tuesday, August 12 and Wednesday, August 13, where four ...

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said early on Friday. The war has already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, ...

Plans for a controversial solar farm in a “stunning” section of Northumberland countryside have been thrown out by councillors.