Thirlwell Castle (Image: Fabulous North) John Thirwall built Thirwell Castle near Gilsland in the 1330s and may have chosen this site as all the materials he needed to build it were close by, ...

CHRISTMAS markets will pop up at venues in Tynedale in the coming weeks. CH Event, which organises indoor markets and wedding fairs across the Tyne Valley, is holding a series of Christmas markets in ...

SPORTING CONCERNS: Concerns were raised about the reduction of sporting facilities and access for buses at Prudhoe's brand-new high school. The school was in line for a complete rebuild and Prudhoe ...

A group of nurses has urged MPs to embrace a “historic opportunity” to change the law on assisted dying, but opposition campaigners have claimed a new Bill is “being rushed with indecent haste”. The ...

Politics and royal issues jostle for centre stage on the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers. The fallout from the Budget continues to feature heavily with The Sunday Telegraph focusing on the threat ...

Camilla, 77, pulled out of an Olympic and Paralympic reception at the Palace and the opening of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey earlier this week after developing the seasonal ...

The King will open two hubs designed to save and circulate tonnes of surplus food as he marks his 76th birthday. The opening of the distribution centres will also mark the first anniversary of the ...

The King will open two hubs designed to save and circulate tonnes of surplus food as he marks his 76th birthday. The opening of the distribution centres will also mark the first anniversary of the ...

In an interview with the BBC, his father Steven Draper said he begged his son not to travel to Ukraine, but he told him he was “not frightened of bullies”. “We begged and begged and begged him not to ...

An Army veteran said it was “unbelievable” to carry a book of remembrance on stage during a Royal British Legion event at the Royal Albert Hall. Alex Lowe, 33, said it was an “honour and a privilege” ...

The Prince of Wales has defined his role as heir to the throne, saying he wants to carry out his duties with a “smaller r in the royal”.

Emergency services were called to Grove Place near the junction with Carshalton Road, Banstead, shortly after 4pm on Sunday.