The blast happened in Violet Close, in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city, in the early hours of October 16.

Jos Buttler feared he would be stripped of the England white-ball captaincy but is more determined than ever to lead their “next era” alongside Brendon McCullum after being trusted to carry on.

A “determined and curious” giraffe calf has died at a zoo in Hampshire, staff said. Mbonisi, a three-month old Rothschild’s giraffe, overcame an infection as a newborn at Marwell Zoo in Colden Common, ...

Jamie George has urged England to be bold when they face Australia at Allianz Stadium with the ambition of kick-starting their autumn campaign.

Debutante Zheng Qinwen continued her brilliant run of form to reach the final of the WTA Finals in Riyadh. The Chinese star went into her semi-final against Barbora Krejcikova having won 30 of her ...

A schizophrenic man who stabbed his mother to death outside their family home after he had delusions that she was the leader of a war tribe has been handed a life sentence subject to a hospital order.

A council has been fined £500,000 after a tree limb fell and killed a man walking his dog in a public park. Father-of-one Chris Hall was out with his cocker spaniel Benson on a path in The Carrs, a ...

The parties have already began to set out their stall on housing, immigration and childcare as they vie for votes on November 29.

Colchester Council debated plans for 203 homes to be built at the former Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) site in Flagstaff Road last ...

Incredible - James (Image: Colchester Castle Summer Series) Special guests who will also be taking the stage before James include Happy Mondays and Lightning Seeds. Colchester's very own Graham Coxon ...

The family of a cyclist who died after a crash in Felixstowe have said they were saddened as an HGV driver was cleared of causing death by ...

A “sadistic and cruel” man who killed his partner’s two pet rabbits by wringing their necks and set light to her house because he thought she was having an affair has been jailed. Sentencing ...