The schools, part of the Hexham Partnership, have joined the Smartphone Free Childhood movement by encouraging families to delay giving children smartphones until at least they start high school.

Schoolchildren have been given the chance to win a visit from Go North East’s Santa Bus. Part of the bus operator’s 2025 Christmas plans, a new competition has been launched to give children the ...

Three men involved in a cocaine conspiracy in the North East have been jailed for a total of 24 years. Gaetano Manco, Ross McMullen and Jason Campbell were jailed after the illicit scheme was ...