Mark Brown North of England correspondent

A 68-year-old man who has spent 38 years in jail has had his murder conviction quashed at the court of appeal in what is thought to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history. Peter Sullivan was wrongly convicted […]

“My business school colleagues tell me that it’s not called levelling up any more, it’s rebalancing,” says Arlene Holmes-Henderson, a Durham University professor. “I think it’s just doing the right thing.” Holmes-Henderson is discussing her mission to help fix a

Soaring private rents, rising evictions and a chronic lack of affordable social housing have led to homelessness in England increasing by 14%, research from Shelter reveals. The charity described its latest figures as “shocking” and “astounding”. They are contained in

A £55m package of measures to tackle the “staggering” levels of child poverty in north-east England is to be unveiled at a summit on Monday. The announcement includes an extension of a scheme that allows young people under 21 to

A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of a double murder after two men were fatally stabbed in Manchester. The 23-year-old suspect has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed by medical professionals, Greater

Its illegal felling brought feelings of grief, distress and anger but after a “rollercoaster” 12 months custodians of the Sycamore Gap tree say they want its legacy to become one of hope. The National Trust and Northumberland national park have

A teenage boy has been found guilty of murdering the schoolgirl Holly Newton, inflicting 36 knife wounds, after he was said to have stalked her. The boy, now 17, had admitted manslaughter but denied murdering 15-year-old Holly in Hexham, Northumberland,