The main reason for homelessness is someone being asked to leave by family, a report says.

It has been another busy week on Tyneside and across Northumberland with the Tyne Bridge's repairs in the news alongside a mum's warning about a lack of protection for girls and women who are victims ...

Hundreds of people have supported plans to open a museum as a lasting tribute to an area's shipbuilding heritage. Bronwyn ...

A Tyneside council is gearing up for major changes which are coming to collecting household waste. From March 2026, authorities responsible for collecting waste will need to also collect food waste ...

Council bosses are poised to ask the public for their views on how to shape North Tyneside for 2042. Local authority chiefs will gather next week to sign off the first public consultation for the area ...

As families across the North East face rising energy bills, increasing child poverty, and an escalating housing emergency, YMCA North Tyneside is stepping up its support with a new five-year strategy ...

Mary McGarry said offering pensioners loose vegetables and products would help save money and waste Residents in a rural village claim they feel "punished" over the prices and limited range of ...

Summer in the borough means that the popular This is South Tyneside Festival will once again be returning for 2025. The free festival, which is organised by South Tyneside Council, sees a line up of ...

Plans to convert a stables building into a new “holiday home” at a South Tyneside riding school site have been given the green light. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you ...

A rare avian visitor draws crowds, a law court closed due to maggots, and the woman proving that having a stoma does not have to stop you doing amazing things. Here are some of the stories from ...