The Tories’ £500 million railway restoration project has resulted in just 11 miles of track being reopened in nearly four years.
Grant Shapps[1], then the Transport Secretary, announced the cash fund in January 2020 to deliver a Tory manifesto commitme…
Downing Street has called it the ‘recast’ of HS2[1]. The end of the line for high-speed rail to Manchester[2] was announced on Wednesday (October 4).
Rishi Sunak said his government now wants to make sure the multi-billion-pound scheme is part of a ‘bl…
The government has promised, for the umpteenth time in four decades, to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham – this time from part of the £36bn savings from scrapping high-speed rail (HS2) between Birmingham and Manchester.
It has also said it wil…
The Government has U-turned on its commitment to reopen the Leamside railway line, just 24 hours after making the massive announcement.
A restoration of the mothballed line, which runs from Pelaw in Gateshead[1] to Tursdale in County Durham[2], was inc…
The Wheatsheaf pub, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, where the alleged disorder took place after the match. Picture: Google Maps (Image: Google Maps)
Eight teenagers have been charged following an alleged disorder earlier this year – and police are now i…
Officers saw a man riding an electric bike in the Borough Road area of Sunderland on Wednesday, July 19.
They believed the bike to be stolen, and the man was also found to be in possession of drugs, believed to be crack cocaine and heroin, drug paraphe…
Melanie Varley from Newton Aycliffe[1] represented Great Britain on the world stage in the triathlon and was on the first qualifier race shortlist to compete for the Team GB Veterans at the 2018 European Championships prior to her life-changing acciden…
The crash on the A167 Darlington Road in Ferryhill saw a black Volkswagen Tiguan SUV and Sainsbury’s MAN truck collide on Friday (May 12) afternoon.
Police closed the road for several hours while emergency crews descended on the scene.
Paramedics and …
Noah Stubbs was diagnosed with a degenerative mobility condition, Gemin5, two years ago and is thought to be one of 15 people in the world to have it.
It affects his learning development and his parents have been advised to make sure he stays active to…
It comes days after a warning was issued to the public on the dangers of unlicensed tattooists following reports regarding the use of unhygienic equipment.
Detectives from Cleveland Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death and a…
The rider of a motorcycle collided with a wall and sustained fatal injuries in a one-vehicle incident on A1068 Sheepwash Road, near the junction with Bothel Bank, in Ashington.
It was reported that the red Honda motorcycle had been travelling northboun…
Around 4 pm today (Friday, May 12), it is believed that a black SUV and a lorry collided whilst travelling through Ferryhill on the A167.
Three individuals were taken to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, two by road and one by air, following the cr…
The Branchline Society is organizing a two-day loco hauled exploration of the Northeast to raise funds for Martin House Children’s Hospice.
The weekend trip (3rd and 4th June 2023) will visit several freight installations and other interesting location…