Hairdressers are calling for government support, saying there could be no salon apprentices by 2027.

Staff at a Winter Wonderland event in Sunderland hit out after being left waiting weeks for wages.

People are invited to raise concerns or voice opinions at monthly informal meetings in a coffee shop.

The committee is looking into benefits and pitfalls of making accepting cash mandatory.

The council's standards committee will consider whether the pair breached any code of conduct rules.

Vernon Austen's victim said he "ripped" her childhood and innocence away, a court hears.

Simon Vickers, who claimed his daughter's stabbing was accidental, is sentenced.

Cat Neill, from Darlington, is raising money for charity after nearly losing her leg.