Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 1965.

We are all being urged to check our change for a rare Royal Mint 50p coin that is selling for more than £200. Thousands more of the coin are thought to be in circulation, with one selling for more ...

The chair of the Royal College of GPs also told the BBC this week that doctors have “real concerns about the practical and legal implications of a change in the law on assisted dying”, which she said ...

A new banking hub has been approved for a former Barclays site in County Durham. Cash Access UK has been granted permission to convert a vacant unit at 4 Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor, into a retail ...

Police and community safety patrols are being stepped up after targeted attacks on children’s playgrounds in Darlington.

Farm staff are 'no longer working at site' following animal abuse footage probe at Lowfields Farm in Brompton, near Northallerton.

A veteran broadcast journalist has been appointed head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland. Howard Simpson, who has almost two decades of experience, will take over from Gary Smith who is ...

Derek McInnes will not be in the home dugout when Kilmarnock host Hearts on Sunday. A number of Killie fans directed chants towards Hearts and McInnes during their 3-0 defeat at Motherwell on ...

ITV is bracing for a double-digit plunge in advertising revenues after last year was boosted by the Euros football tournament, but said it does not expect its production arm to be hit by US President ...

An investigation has been launched after a two-vehicle collision in Darlington earlier this month left one person injured.

The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months. New figures show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of ...

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.