13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (565+ words) The Great North Run (GNR) returned to Tyneside this weekend, with 63,000 runners taking part in the world's biggest half marathon - including Prime Minister Andy Burnham. England star and Newcastle captain Dan Burn rang the starter's bell, with famous faces including…...

20+ hour, 57+ min ago   (94+ words) WATCH MORE: Athletics Videos Burnham on what the Great North Run means to him. Video, 00:00:25Burnham on what the Great North Run means to him Up Next. Prime Minister Andy Burham on competing at Great North Run. Video, 00:00:27Prime Minister Andy Burham…...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (747+ words) A Nottingham attacks survivor who was left with no memory of his life before the tragedy has praised a brain injury charity for its "amazing" support. Wayne Birkett, 63, was struck by a van driven by triple killer Valdo Calocane - who…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1713+ words) Mention Lucy Letby and you're likely to get a strong reaction. The nurse was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. But though two juries have convicted…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (36+ words) Visitors to Bath, Bristol and Weston could soon be paying a tourist tax, which Helen Godwin says would raise money for improving transport. Tourist tax plans welcomed by regional mayor Read more on this story here....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1371+ words) Six decades have passed since Jackie Bassett first appeared on TV aged seven, skipping down the road with her little sister. It was 1964 and she had been selected by teachers at her east London primary school to appear in a…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (463+ words) A former Oxford United player will continue to fund its suicide prevention campaign, despite leaving the club over the summer. Former Yellows midfielder Will Vaulks signed for his boyhood club Tranmere Rovers in August, bringing an end to his two…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (512+ words) A statue of a town's famous cat has been cast in bronze, with the sculptor sharing the first images of the work-in-progress from the foundry. Ama Menec has been commissioned to create a statue of Susie, whose adventures in Dorchester,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (20+ words) BBC William and Catherine praise role of sports in suicide prevention...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (405+ words) Imposing a tourist tax in Surrey would be "the wrong tax, at the wrong time", the chair of the county's official tourist board has said. Mayors in England are to be given the power to introduce an overnight visitor levy…...