North East

Beyoncé’s takeaway order following Sunderland gig revealed

These are the most affordable areas in the North East to buy a property.

The 15 parts of North East England with the cheapest house prices

These are the most expensive neighbourhoods in the North East.

The North East’s 15 priciest neighbourhoods to buy a home

Councils in England recorded more than 1 million fly-tipping incidents last year.

Exclusive Fly-tipping: the councils that are soft on the crime

Royal Mail has issued a warning as the severe weather conditions have caused delays in some areas

Royal Mail warning as bad weather causes delays

Childcare costs for under twos have increased by 13.1% in England since 2018. (Image: NationalWorld/Mark Hall)

Regions where parents have seen the biggest rise in childcare fees

Thousands of early years childcare providers closed in England last year.

Exclusive: fears grow for childcare providers after thousands close

In 2021, there were 5,583 suicides registered in England and Wales

Suicide rates did not rise during Covid pandemic, new figures show

More than 20 million people in the UK do not pay income tax - how the regions compare as Liz Truss eyes tax cuts.(Image: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Exclusive: 20m non-taxpayers to be left behind by Truss tax cut plan

Musicians from colliery bands perform as they march through the city during the 136th Durham Miners Gala on July 09, 2022 in Durham, England

Durham Miners’ Gala 2022: ‘Big Meeting’ returns after three long years

Come Dine with Me: The Professionals

Come Dine with Me: The Professionals: release date and contestants

Polio vaccination rates vary across the UK

Polio: UK regions failing to vaccinate enough children

Some councils in England have low vaccination rates.

15 councils in England where the most children have not had polio jab

The Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup.

Non-League clubs set ‘crazy’ world record after epic penalty shoot-out

The EA has dealt with 14,641 serious environmental pollution incidents in England since 2001

Mapped: every major pollution incident in England since 2001

Exclusive: winners and losers of £150 council tax rebate plan

Where is Vera filmed? Northumbria filming locations of ITV’s series 11

Some English hospital trusts recorded upwards of 95% of their beds as occupied on average in the week to Boxing Day - far higher than the 85% normally considered a safe limit.

How busy is my hospital? Here’s how much pressure is on your local NHS

You should do rapid lateral tests on days when you’re more likely to catch or spread Covid (Photo: Shutterstock)

Latest on UK Covid test shortages - and when you can order them

Coronavirus infections are rising across the UK

The 15 areas of the UK with the fastest rising Covid infections

Social workers say they are dealing with increasingly challenging situations after a decade of austerity

Exclusive: more vulnerable children at risk of ‘significant harm’

Adoptions have fallen by almost a fifth as the number of children in care reaches a record high (image:NationalWorld/Kim Mogg)

Exclusive: Children in care at record high as adoptions fall by 18%

James Bond No Time to Die filming locations - and release date in UK

NationalWorld has delved into the number of electric vehicles in England and the wider UK - which has opened up questions about a stark regional divide (image: Mark Hall/NationalWorld)

Exclusive: north-south divide opens up in UK electric car take-up

Runners complete the race in 2019 (Picture: The ASDA foundation)

Yorkshire Marathon 2021 route map, road closures and how to use App

The industry said there was a shortfall of 4,000 bus drivers across the UK (image: Dan Istitene / Getty Images)

‘Mass exodus’ of drivers impacts bus services across UK

Covid hospital patients in some parts of the country may be sicker and far more likely to need help breathing with ventilators than other parts, analysis by NationalWorld has revealed (Graphic: Mark Hall/JPIMedia)

Revealed: the hospitals with the most Covid patients on ventilators

Data from the UK Covid dashboard shows that the North East and Yorkshire NHS Region had a daily average of 12.5 people in hospital beds with Covid for every 100,000 residents from 25 September to 1 October

Revealed: the regional disparity in Covid patients on ventilators

Thousands have died in England since the country reopened on 19 July (Graphic: Mark Hall / JPI)

20 areas worst hit by Covid deaths in England since ‘Freedom Day’

There have been thousands of deaths in England since Freedom Day

Exclusive: North East worst-hit by Covid deaths since Freedom Day

Coronavirus rates have fallen across England.

Covid cases fall in England despite return of schools

Runners cross the Tyne Bridge during the Great North Run. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

Great North Run 2021: Is it on TV? How can I watch? What is the route?

Exclusive analysis by NationalWorld reveals stark regional variations in access to care, with people in some parts of the country much less likely to be denied the support they ask for

1 in 4 who ask for social care in England are turned away with nothing

Storm Ida is the fifth-strongest to ever hit the mainland United States (Photo: Getty Images)

Storm Ida kills 46 as flash floods rip through New Jersey and New York

The main swimming pool hall of the Manchester Aquatics Centre (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Swimming pool ‘deserts’ make future Olympic success far less likely

Most drug-related deaths since records began in England and Wales last year (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Most drug-related deaths since records began in England and Wales last year

All but two council areas are above the 5% threshold for test positivity set by the World Health Organisation

Proportion of people testing positive for Covid rises – despite drop in cases

A total of 16 cases of the B.1.621 variant have been detected in the UK so far (Photo: Getty Images)

Where cases of new Columbian Covid variant been found in the UK

More than one million children of key workers living in poverty, with North East worst affected, report says (Photo: Mark Hall/NationalWorld)

More than one million children of key workers living in poverty

Cuts have hit the northern regions of England worst in the last 10 years of austerity

Exclusive: Social care spending down 12% in North East amid cuts across England

The new gigafactory will create thousands of jobs in the North East (Photo: Getty Images)

Huge jobs boost for North East under plans for major UK electric car expansion

Most of the areas worst affected by air pollution-attributable deaths are in London - but there are vast differences between the worst and least affected areas in each English region

One in 20 deaths in England caused by air pollution - the areas worst affected

Filming locations of Indiana Jones 5 film

Sunderland saw the highest decline of any district.

Exclusive: North East sees decline in nursery providers twice the national rate

Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium will host two England internationals in June.

Warm welcome and superb facilities - what England will get from North East trip

Durham batsmen Cameron Bancroft acknowledges the applause after his match-winning unbeaten century after the Royal London One Day Cup match between Durham and Leicestershire at Emirates Riverside in April 2019.

Bad boy Bancroft has unfinished business at Durham