The average UK house price has topped £200,000 for the first time – but a typical home in the North now costs less than half of one in the South – according to an index. Property values pushed up by 0.8 per cent month-on-month in March across the UK, taking […]
A man was today in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot by a firearms officer. The police watchdog is investigating after the 24-year-old man was left seriously injured. He was shot after apparently being told by police to “put the gun down” and is in hospital. […]
Former England footballer Adam Johnson has been jailed for six years for engaging in sexual activity with a besotted 15-year-old fan. Johnson, 28, showed no emotion as he was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court by Judge Jonathan Rose. The former Sunderland and Manchester City winger was found guilty of sexual […]
Former England footballer Adam Johnson ran into court today where he is expected to be jailed for engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan. Johnson has been warned he faces a “substantial prison sentence” after he was found guilty of one offence of sexual activity with a child by […]
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart will reunite in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and appear on stage at the Newcastle Theatre Royal as part of their UK tour this summer. The duo last starred together on the UK stage in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, but will return to […]
Crowdfunding is being used to help reveal a mystery of early Christianity in Britain that has lasted for more than 1,000 years. A major exploratory dig will take place on Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coast, to find the first monastery where the world famous Lindisfarne Gospels were created and where […]
Ex England footballer Adam Johnson may be locked up in a top-security prison with notorious child killers Ian Huntley and Levi Bellfield. One of the country’s toughest jails, HMP Frankland in Durham houses 808 category A and B prisoners serving four years or more, and would be near the sacked […]