The Latest Breaking News from North

PHILADELPHIA — About 21 percent of Philadelphia children suffer from asthma, more than double the national rate. That's more than 1 out of 5 kids citywide, according to Penn Medicine researchers, with the highest rates of childhood asthma in North, Northeast, and West Philadelphia neighborhoods.

In each case, a black Kia SUV pulled up and a gunman gun out and demanded victims’ property.

Police warn residents to take precautions as three of the people were struck on the head with a gun.

Northern trains will travel from Newcastle and Carlisle again for the first time in seven weeks after project to repair tracks

Wide-ranging strikes could lead to delays and cancellations this winter.

Macmillan Cancer Support is funding new cancer nurse development roles across our region.

The Bears have a solid argument that they’re the ones best positioned to reign next. That’s quite a statement about a team that might finish 3-14 and winless in the division, but they’ll have a lot working in their favor starting in 2023.

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove is understood to be keen on having County Durham join six of its northern neighbours in a deal to reshape the region's political landscape

Turkey is threatening to send group troops into northeastern Syria in retaliation for a deadly Istanbul bombing on November 13 that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attributes to the Syrian Kurdish YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Unit). The group has strongly denied responsibility for the attack. However, Erdogan now plans to escalate…