The health ministry said the new deaths took the war’s toll to 53,901 since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023.

Gordon Lyons had faced criticism for his failure to attend a senior GAA match in the first 15 months of his tenure as sports minister.

Head coach Regis Le Bris admitted it was “impossible to predict” Sunderland’s promotion to the Premier League when he took over last summer after they beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship ...

Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League in the most unbelievable fashion. I was lucky to be at STACK Seaburn to witness it ...

The work of a heritage group recalling a long lost but once-thriving mining community has earned support on three fronts.

Lowhills Road in Peterlee, County Durham, will close nightly from June 9 for a week to allow bridge repairs and painting on the A19 bridge ...

Regis Le Bris is delighted that his faith in Tommy Watson was repaid as the teenage winger scored Sunderland's stoppage-time winner at Wembley.

The A19 has been closed temporarily at Wolviston because there are sheep on the carriageway. It is not known how long traffic on the A19 will be affected as the sheep will need to be safely taken off ...

Til The End? It proved the perfect slogan as Sunderland beat Sheffield United at Wembley to win promotion to the Premier League.

Dimitar Mitov was the hero as Aberdeen denied Celtic the treble and secured their first Scottish Gas Scottish Cup triumph for 35 years. The Bulgaria goalkeeper saved two penalties in a 4-3 shoot-out ...

Sir Ian McKellen delighted fans by making a surprise appearance at the Scissor Sisters reunion gig at London’s O2 on Friday evening. The US pop group, who celebrated the 20-year anniversary of their ...

We have dived into our archives to look back at what we were covering in Spennymoor, way back in the 1990s. From primary children raising cash to support the Butterwick Hospice to teens from Tudhoe ...