SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

Northern has confirmed that special New Year’s Day train services from Darlington to Whitby via Thornaby and Middlesbrough will run as ...

North Park Care Centre in Darlington has won Barchester Healthcare’s North Division Christmas cake competition, showcasing festive creativity ...

DENNIS CIRKIN has been a key part of Sunderland’s remarkable rise from League One to the Premier League – now the fit-again full-back wants to help the club continue their fairytale climb by ...

Eddie Howe admits that increasing Newcastle United’s creativity levels is a key priority as the club head into the January transfer window ...

Ice skating champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean said the news of a damehood and knighthood was the “perfect” way to ...

McClenaghan, from Newtownards in Co Down, becomes an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) a year after he created ...

Premier League action returns to centre-stage with six top-flight games including Arsenal’s clash with third-placed Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium. Wolves look for some belated post-Christmas ...

Newly-released files show Downing St officials argued conversations with foreign leaders must remain confidential.

More than 1,100 official files at the Public Record Office in Belfast have been opened to the public under the 20-year rule.

Newly-released files show Downing Street apologised after PM’s telegram was addressed in an ‘improper manner’.

MI5 blocked an appeal by Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern for the UK to share intelligence on any terrorist threat to the Sellafield nuclear facility, according to newly-released government files.