Tory grandee says there should be different rules for the South-east

Some experiences that you notch up as a student you just can't beat.

Striker had been granted leave from the club's pre-season training camp after Wonga shirt-sponsor dispute but now faces club's wrath after he's reportedly spotted gambling

Inside Westminster

Father-of-one admits one count of making a threat to kill and eight of sending grossly offensive messages

Geordie Shore depicts the city of Newcastle’s young people as airheaded hedonists with the sexual decorum of bonobo chimps, The Independent’s TV critic once remarked.

Italian prop speaks out over move to Toulon and claims there are 'very few happy players' at the club

The victory of 8-1 shot Tominator in the Northumberland Plate, by a short-head after a steely-nerved ride from Graham Lee, neatly ticked some statistical boxes.

There’s plenty of history to discover on this dramatic walk along the Northumberland coast, says Mark Rowe

Uncooked curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have found.

Cheika will not run up the white flag. His Waratahs are a clever side

Simon Zebo will make his debut on Saturday in a team captained by Sam Warburton

Labour's embattled leader Ed Miliband received a surprise boost when his party stormed the last remaining Tory stronghold at Nottingham in the latest council by-elections.

The couple had only made it as far as Newcastle marina when they discovered they had scooped Wednesday's £6,123,395 jackpot