Authorities in India’s capital have shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city ...

A blind photographer who captured artists with disabilities that paint using their mouths or feet has said he hopes to challenge “stereotypical views of disability”. Ian Treherne, 46, known as The ...

The findings indicate that eating food high in flavanols could be a way to counteract some of the impact of poorer food choices on the body.

IN September 2002, the BBC's Inside Out programme declared Darlington to be the "hairdressing capital of Britain" as its 97th ...

A teenager who threw a brick through a takeaway window and shouted racial slurs towards the owner has been released after spending three months ...

Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to use US-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia after months of pressure from Volodymyr Zelensky.

Retired Sydney radio broadcaster and former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones has been charged with multiple sex crimes against males over two decades, police said. The 83-year-old will ...

England’s white-ball teams will have Brendon McCullum at the helm when they regroup for a tour of India in the new year as Marcus Trescothick’s caretaker stint came to an end in the Caribbean. Here, ...

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil on Monday, the first time a British premier has met him since 2018. The pair will hold talks in Rio de Janeiro on ...

Darlington's MP Lola McEvoy has backed The Northern Echo's Coats for Christmas campaign and has urged the town to get involved. The Northern Echo has re-launched its Coats for Christmas campaign to ...

Darlington is set for a very cold day with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for the town. Temperatures plummeted to -4C overnight and forecasters are predicting it will ...

A never-before-seen collection of treasures belonging to comedy legend Eric Morecambe, including telegrams from the late Prince Philip and letters from Margaret Thatcher and fellow comics Ronnie ...