The NAO found the current cost of supporting people seeking asylum is “disproportionately high” and totalled around £4.9 billion for 2024-25.

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Holiday giant Tui has hailed the highest annual earnings in its history, but forecast more modest sales growth in the year ahead as it flagged a challenging trading backdrop. The German firm, which is ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 as it took effect on Wednesday. But he warned the implementation would be difficult.

Multiple weather warnings remain in place on Wednesday as much of the UK continues to feel the effects of Storm Bram. Three yellow weather warnings for wind are active until Wednesday evening covering ...

Hays Travel, the UK’s largest independent travel agent, which has a site in Hexham, won gold in every category it was nominated for at the 2025 British Travel Awards.

AHEAD of Christmas, several local charities are appealing to the public’s generosity as part of their annual winter fundraising drives.

Early-bird tickets are now available for the Belsay Horse Trials, taking place in Northumberland from May 15 to 17, 2026. The event, which stepped up to CCI4* level in 2025, will return next year with ...

Northumberland County Council has been granted more than £725,000 in taxpayer funding to explore the use of AI in planning relating to flood ...

The community is invited to free Christmas events at sheltered housing schemes in Corbridge and Warkworth. Abbeyfield are set to host Christmas parties on December 14, and December 16 respectively.

A small Hexham company played a key role in launching the UK's offshore wind industry. The UK offshore wind sector took its first steps in 2000 with the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, a pilot project off ...

PLANNING permission for new homes has been approved in the centre of town. Castles & Coasts Housing Association (CCHA) aims to ease the shortage of affordable homes in Hexham with the approval of an ...