3+ hour, 22+ min ago  (767+ words) A grieving family is calling for a full investigation into the death of a York student to help prevent future tragedies in the city's rivers. Evan Geoffrey D'Andilly, 19, died on March 5, 2025, after trying to stay afloat in the River Ouse…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (598+ words) Former X Factor star Ella Henderson and Boyband Five have been announced as the latest headliners of a Darlington music festival. Discovery Festival will take place in August, promising unforgettable music and a party atmosphere. The performers will headline the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (628+ words) Residents living on a "quiet" County Durham street have described being "terrified" after a person was hit by a car at a nearby petrol station last night. The Esso Garage on Stockton Road in Seaham remains cordoned off after the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (348+ words) A second psychiatric report has been ordered for a violent man who left his mother fearing for her life as he strangled her before stamping all over her body. Shaun O'Connor, known as Chop Off, launched the brutal and sustained…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (239+ words) A man has been jailed for four years after brutally beating a woman in the street after they returned from holiday. Craig Walker,40, of no fixed abode, repeatedly punched and kickedher to theribs. She managed to escape into the street…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (842+ words) Unions representing Scottish Water employees have said the First Minister "must be held to account" as staff striking over pay accused the Scottish Government of "hypocrisy" over its commitment to workers" rights. Members of GMB Scotland and other unions at…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (182+ words) A major railway line for cross-border services between England and Scotland was closed because of a fallen tree. No trains were able to run between Glasgow and Carlisle after the tree fell onto overhead electric wires between Lockerbie and Carstairs…...

9+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (400+ words) Pop singer Olly Murs has cancelled two of his UK tour dates after contracting a respiratory infection. The Troublemaker singer, 41, who found fame as a contestant on The X Factor, was due to perform at Manchester's AO Arena on Friday…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (450+ words) Postponed strike action by workers at Scottish Water is set to resume, after a union said the company had failed to make its members an improved pay offer. Staff at the company had been due to walk out in early…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago  (639+ words) Strikes are taking place at Scottish Water this week after workers "overwhelmingly" rejected a pay offer. Workers represented by GMB Scotland and Unison Scotland are striking on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a rolling programme of industrial action threatening…...