Drivers were caught in four-mile tailbacks before the motorway reopened at 20:30.

Residents believe the proposed solar farm will destroy a wildlife corridor.

Eve Stalker's vehicle - built by her and her father - is taken a day before she is due to give birth

A council says the first week of a planned three-week walkout by the GMB union has been scrapped.

South Tyneside Council is targeting domestic waste collection over the summer amid an ongoing dispute.

A union vote for indefinite strike action is the latest episode in a dispute over bullying.

Northumbrian Water is told to estimate how much sewage it pumped into the sea at Whitburn in 2023.

Birdwatchers flocked to the South Tyneside village in response to the rare sighting.