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Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India - report

The report follows a BBC Eye investigation that found Instagram running paid ads promoting such material in India.

Life-sized replica of new Tyne and Wear Metro train to help teach children about rail safety

The mock-up of a Metro cab, based at SafetyWorks in Newcastle, will support classes for thousands of local kids

Work to demolish former Morpeth leisure centre set to begin with plans for new car park

Hopes for a hotel on the site were dashed when no suitable operator came forward

In the middle again - but Mourinho says Alexander-Arnold 'not a midfielder'

Trent Alexander-Arnold started in midfield for Real Madrid's win over Inter - but Jose Mourinho says it is not his best position.

Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?

More companies are tying career progression to AI use: is that fair?

Tyneside bomb hoaxer threatened to blow up illegal immigrants and made fake improvised explosive device

Sean McCrystal, of Gateshead, told police he would make illegal immigrants 'go boom' after becoming frustrated when he needed help

I'm 27 and I've already written my will - here's why

For many young people making a will may not seem necessary, but here's why you shouldn't put it off.

William to attend funeral of King Harald of Norway

The Prince of Wales will attend the ceremony on behalf of his father.

Man shot by police after woman stabbed

A man has been shot by police in Luton after a woman was stabbed.

PSNI ‘failed’ woman over claim against Katie Simpson murder accused

Dirty and unsafe Speke care home run by Liverpool Council put in special measures

Dirty baths and toilets found at Speke care home where agency staff didn't even know residents' names

Toxteth thug battered man with his own Zimmer frame after being called a 'nonce'

Ryan Graham also placed his victim, who was nearly 30 years his senior, in a chokehold and punched him in the face

‘The Wall Street of organised crime’ and its Liverpool links

SPECIAL REPORT: The luxurious east coast has long been a haven for major organised crime dating back decades

Why your Christmas food shop is set to be more expensive this year

The government has been urged to ease pressure by relieving rising energy and regulatory costs on manufacturers, warning ‘resilience is wearing thin’

East Cleveland pet crematorium proposal seeks planning permission

The application site is behind Skelton High Street

£1.5m investment boosts Middlesbrough College's engineering training facilities

Six additional classrooms have been unveiled as part of a new mezzanine level at the college’s TTE Centre

'I'm going to set this place on fire': Great Ayton arsonist caused 70K damage to neighbours' flats

'Vulnerable' firestarter Emma Largan rang police saying she had 'a knife and intended to kill neighbour' :: Months later she set a flat alight

Council staff sick rates ‘notably higher’ than those in Civil Service

The figures came in the Local Government Auditor’s Annual Report 2026.

Police investigation of Jonathan Creswell indecent exposure allegation 'failed victim' says Ombudsman

Creswell died in 2024 while on trial for the rape and murder of Katie Simpson.

NI Councils sitting on more than £560million while rates are hiked

The increase has come as councils' overall income continued to exceed expenditure.

Fraud having lasting impact on mental health of victims, Which? warns

The consumer group commissioned a survey of more than 1,500 people who have lost money to scams in the past two years.

Food inflation expected to reach almost 4% by Christmas, industry warns

A £100 grocery shop in January 2020 would cost £138.60 today – a rise of 38.6%, based on latest Office for National Statistics figures.

Travel firm ads banned over misleading ‘eco’ hotel claims

Thomas Cook, loveholidays and DialAFlight ads all broke advertising rules by using terms such as ‘Eco Resort’, ‘Eco Hotel’ and ‘eco-conscious resort’.

Aryna Sabalenka ‘speechless’ after surviving Linda Noskova battle at US Open

The two-time defending champion needed a deciding-set tie-break to overcome Wimbledon winner to reach the last four at Flushing Meadows