Since Mr Assad’s fall, dozens of Syrians have been killed in acts of revenge, according to activists and monitors, the vast majority of them from the minority Alawite community, an offshoot of Shiite ...

A man accused of using a knife to slash a man and a woman in Manhattan’s Grand Central subway station faced assault and menacing charges on Wednesday. The man was arrested on assault, reckless ...

Scores of foodbanks across a large area of the North East have been hit by a possibly unintended blow from the Chancellor’s budget.

ONLY one Championship team have scored more goals than Middlesbrough so far this season but, on the flip side, today's visitors Sheffield Wednesday are the only team in the top half to have conceded ...

REGIS Le Bris has no plans to swap Patrick Roberts from the right wing to the left despite his tweak on the flanks in the win over Norwich City. Roberts started on the right and Eliezer Mayenda on the ...

DARLINGTON are looking to stretch their unbeaten run to seven games in the league when Scarborough Athletic visit Blackwell Meadows for today's Boxing Day fixture. After winning at Needham Market ...

Two twins from Stanley, County Durham, are about to take their lifelong bond to a new level by becoming next-door neighbours. Gemma and Amanda, who turned 40 in February, have always shared a special ...

One year ago, five-year-old Evie Green was in hospital waiting for a heart. This Christmas, she was able to open her present at home.

A new 18-hectare woodland is being created on the former Bradley surface mine site in County Durham, near Leadgate and Dipton.

A taxi hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, police said, with three people — including a nine-year-old boy — transported to hospitals for their injuries. A New York Police Department ...

Eddie Howe can see similarities between Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali and Italian great Andrea Pirlo.

The plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny.