The Latest Breaking News from the North East

One in 10 UK adults have no close friends, survey suggests

People in the North East and middle-aged were the most likely to say this, according to polling.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Water fluoridation expansion given green light

The programme will reach an additional 1.6 million people across the North East.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Burglars targeted striker Isak during spree of high-value break-ins, court hears

The Italy-based gang broke into three properties in the North East of England last spring, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Thieves in disguise steal cooking oil from north east care home

POLICE have urged the public to be vigilant after cooking oil was stolen from a care home in the north east.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 18, 2024

Brenda Blethyn reveals she is ‘semi-retired’ after quitting Vera for her family

Blethyn said author Ann Cleeves attended the show’s wrap party where the cast celebrated with a ‘great big cake shaped like Vera’s Landy’.

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024

Shona Robison tears into Tory MSP as he labels Budget a 'damp squib'

SHONA Robison has taken aim at a Tory MSP after he suggested the Scottish Budget was a “damp squib for the north east”...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 4, 2024

The number of people out of work in London rises to three year high

London now has the second highest unemployment rate of any region in the UK with only the north east ahead on 5.6%.

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

John Swinney: Scotland's north east must become powerhouse of renewables revolution

THE First Minister will tell a renewables conference how the North East of Scotland must be “the powerhouse of the renewables revolution” ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024

'Greenwashing': Campaigners slam Scottish Government funding for carbon capture

CLIMATE campaigners have criticised the Scottish Government’s commitment to a carbon capture project in the north east and claimed the technology…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 22, 2024

Carbon capture project to receive £2 million from Scottish Government

A CARBON capture project in the north east has been awarded £2 million of funding from the Scottish Government.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 22, 2024