Five million vapes are thrown away each week, equivalent to eight every second, according to environment minister Mary Creagh.

Sebastian Coe has promised he will introduce a “clear-cut” policy to protect female sport if he is elected president of the International Olympic Committee. Coe says he has been “in training for most ...

Northallerton gran Mildred Thompson proved age is just a number as she took to the skies in a glider at 90-years-old.

A police officer has been jailed for nine years after he sexually touched a vulnerable six-year-old girl while responding to a disturbance. Dean Dempster, 35, an officer for Greater Manchester Police ...

A banned driver from County Durham has been jailed over a police chase while at the wheel of a van heading in the wrong direction on a motorway ...

The NHS is living on “borrowed time” and will not survive if Labour cannot improve it, the Health Secretary has said. Wes Streeting told leaders at the NHS Providers conference in Liverpool there was ...

Henry Slade insists England will resist the temptation to strip back their gameplan in a quest to rescue their autumn by toppling South Africa at Allianz Stadium on Saturday. England’s attack has ...

A popular fried chicken chain - renowned for its "fantastic" wings - is set to open in Newcastle. Wingstop will soon be bringing its chicken tenders, burgers, loaded fries, and platters to the Eldon ...

Rapper Nelly will not face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St Louis-area casino, a prosecutor said. “We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of charges,” St ...

Specially trained sniffer dogs have helped to seize a haul of illegal tobacco products with a street value of £14,000 from retail premises across a city. Tobacco dogs Griff, Cooper and Bran followed ...

A man beat his partner and may have slept while she died on the floor next to his bed, a court has heard. Raj Sidpara, 50, admitted the manslaughter of his partner Tarnjeet Riaz, also known as ...

The King has held an audience with one of the possible contenders to become the next archbishop of Canterbury. Charles welcomed the Right Reverend Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich, to Buckingham Palace ...