METRO passes for pensioners are likely to be scrapped as transport bosses prepare for multi-million pound funding cuts.

Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate at a prison in County Durham.

One year to the day since the death of Sir Bobby Robson, a ceremony takes place at Newcastle ground, St James's Park.

Hartlepool residents are reminded to take the opportunity to have their say on where council spending cuts could fall.

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BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - BP said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling.

RHINEBECK, New York (Reuters) - Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck on Saturday in what has been dubbed America's royal wedding.

Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to suspend some Blackberry mobile phone services, having said the devices pose a "national security risk", its state news agency reports.

A NEW invasion of the North is under way, according to online estate agent SmartNewHomes.com.

FRENCH-STYLE cuisine has arrived at Hexham Farmers? Market with Bernicia Foods? new stall.