7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1066+ words) “We are doing a life sentence. You are living and breathing it all the time.” After 17 years of tirelessly fighting to overturn the double jeopardy law, Ann Ming finally got justice when Billy Dunlop admitted murdering her daughter in court…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (463+ words) OPAL awards schools who prioritise outdoor learning and play as well as academics. (Image: National Trust / Megan Taylor) A Middlesbrough primary school has been named among the country’s best for outdoor play, with a playground where children can build, explore…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (830+ words) UNIQUE access to one of the most delightful, and most historic, dells in North Yorkshire is on offer to people joining a local history day on September 19. The day marks the end of an £11,500 project to restore the wooden floor…...

19+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1709+ words) THE great days of the small, private bus operators began just after the First World War and faded out in the decades after the Second as they were overtaken by car ownership, but interest in them has never been greater....

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (448+ words) Josh Kerr celebrates after winning the men’s 1500m final (Martin Rickett/PA) Josh Kerr capped off a stellar year with a 1500m triumph at the World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest. The Scot, who set a new mile world record in July,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (431+ words) Andy Burnham is set to become the first serving Prime Minister to take part in the Great North Run to raise money for a homelessness charity. Mr Burnham, wearing a Number 10 bib, is running in the half marathon to raise…...

19+ hour, 1+ min ago   (631+ words) Our Farm Next Door may leave viewers wondering how close Amanda Owen's huge renovation project really is to Ravenseat Farm. Anty John's has become almost as familiar to Owen family fans as the farmhouse where Amanda and Clive raised their…...

19+ hour, 1+ min ago   (258+ words) A former County Durham coal mine site that has been reclaimed by nature could be given official protection as a new Local Nature Reserve. The move would pave the way for the former Shincliffe Colliery site, which closed in 1886, to…...

21+ hour, 49+ min ago   (628+ words) Construction is underway on more than 150 new prison cells at HMP Kirklevington Grange in Yarm in a bid to keep streets safer. Ground was broken at the open prison on Thursday (September 11) for three two-storey accommodation blocks that will deliver…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago   (455+ words) Catherine Zeta-Jones has described the phrase “nepo baby” as “horrific”, adding: “These kids didn’t ask to be born into this.” The 56-year-old Welsh actress, known for roles in Chicago and Ocean’s Twelve, has given her opinion about the label assigned…...