Sixteen people from the North East have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 - take a look at the full list here.

Debra Waite who has fought for decades to improve housing standards and even helped shape military policy has been awarded an MBE.

During her distinguished career, Carole Johnson from Durham helped trace vulnerable missing children and put organised crime gangs behind bars . She has received an MBE for her services to policing.

The mum and sister of murdered Wallsend teen Samantha Magdin have both received MBEs in the King's Birthday Honours.

The Scottish Conservative leader is to give his keynote speak to his party conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Zaheera Nanabawa said Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and their four-year-old daughter Sara Nanabawa would be missed ‘tremendously’.

Lewis Hamilton’s boss Fred Vasseur said disrespectful criticism of Ferrari is “clearly hurting” their chances of fighting for the world championship. Vasseur’s position as Ferrari team principal is ...

Acting shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie accused the UK Government of ‘overseeing the wilful deindustrialisation of this nation’.

The two leaders spoke on Friday evening, as western nations began a diplomatic flurry to calm the burgeoning conflict.

Gerry Adams took the BBC to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, which he said defamed him.

The partner of an Irish politician who was detained in Egypt has called on Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Myo Muscle Gym, located in Peterlee, County Durham, which featured in the Netflix film Jackdaw, has hosted its inaugural strongman and ...