The Automotive Transformation Fund is worth £500 million (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Ambitions for more electric car battery plants to be planned in the UK could “reach a dead end” without increased financial support, MPs have said.A Government scheme ex…
Armed robber Geoffrey Urwin has been jailed for terrorising a heavily pregnant bookies worker and her colleague – despite a glowing reference from a former Sunderland captain.
Urwin went into a branch of Coral hoping to snatch thousands of pounds of ta…
The TelegraphLeslie Marr, landscape artist, F1 racing driver and reluctant baronet – obituaryLeslie Marr, who has died aged 98, was a landscape artist who followed the Zen Buddhist teaching that if we do nothing, it all happens. Although mainly a paint…
A LOGISTICS firm has created three new roles after investing £500,000 in a new maintenance facility for its fleet of heavy goods vehicles.Newton Aycliffe firm Stiller Warehousing and Distribution’s new vehicle maintenance workshop replaces an outdated …
Ford is shutting down its Merseyside plant for at least a month and slashing shifts at a Dagenham engine factory as the car industry is battered by a global microchip shortage.
The US company will temporarily halt production on May 10 at its Hal…
Police have closed a busy road after a lorry overturned – and officers are urging drivers to avoid the area.
The incident happened on the A690 eastbound near Rainton Bridge, Houghton-le-Spring, at around 11am on Thursday.
Both Northumbria Police and Ty…
Police arrest man who climbed on roof after alleged assault involving knife on Sunderland street
A man has been taken to hospital with a hand injury after a suspected assault involving a knife in Sunderland.
Emergency services were called to reports of…
A TIMBER merchant who repeatedly defrauded online customers is estimated to have benefited from his crime by £14,101, a court heard.But the available amount to confiscate from Nick Burdon, 35, is only £692.92, seized money in a bank account, to be paid…
A series of collaborative partnerships are at the heart of the rollout of 5G across the Sunderland city region, writes Patrick Melia, chief executive of Sunderland City Council.
Sunderland: the evolution of the UK’s smartest city
ObjectivesUse digital…
Full story: Man arrested after firearm is allegedly discharged following a ‘verbal altercation’ in Newcastle
A man has been arrested after an alleged firearms incident in Newcastle.
Police incident on the junction of Benfield Road and the A193 in Wa…