If you add in Labour's decision to abandon plans to upgrade part of the A1 in Northumberland to dual carriageway, you can forgive the region for casting a rather envious glance at Rachel Reeves' push for growth in the south.

John Baldwin, of Felling, who had previously denied murdering Eve McIntyre, changed his plea to guilty as his trial was about to start

Registration is now open for RenewableUK's Ports & Vessels 2025, a one-day conference focused on the offshore wind sector.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy's speech on government plans to grow the creative industries, at the Creative Industries Growth Summit in Gateshead

Newcastle-Gateshead is trying to follow Sunderland in gaining music ... “We’re in a moment when those questions around why does everything have to be in London have slightly been blown out of the water. It’s clear that the talent is here and now ...

The Met Office said the newly-named Storm Éowyn could bring powerful gusts to exposed coasts in Northern Ireland, northern England, northwestern Wales and western Scotland.

The UK Government has unveiled a £60 million package to support the creative industries.

The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced in the past week and not separately reported by Alliance News: Smithson Investment Trust PLC - Hires Mike Balfour as non-executive chair,

THIS is the haunting moment a killer boarded a bus in his dressing gown after butchering his girlfriend to death with a meat cleaver. John Baldwin, 42, also used knives when he attacked Eve

GLL, the charitable social enterprise that currently operates five Better leisure centres in Newcastle has revealed the opening of its GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) awards.

A man was jailed for murder after stabbing his ex-girlfriend almost 40 times after she ended their relationship. Dennis Akpomedaye, 30, tried to decapitate Polish student Anna Jedrkowiak while ambushing her in an alleyway in London having stalked her from his home in Newport in May, 2022.

Each week we feature an artist with new music coming out across Scotland. Last week we featured Fiona Soe Paing, the week before we featured Darren McGarvey aka Loki. This week is a bit different