The bank had been due to challenge the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) decision in the Upper Tribunal court in London this week.

The journalist who Barbara Taylor Bradford named as the first Woman of Substance has hailed the late author as someone with “elegance, poise, and steely determination”.

Confederation of British Industry chief executive Rain Newton-Smith said firms face tough decisions on hiring and investment due to the Budget.

Hexham MP Joe Morris raised the issue of delays on the Tyne Valley Line with the Transport Secretary and called for a meeting to ...

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh pledged to work with industry to make the UK ‘a global leader in sustainable travel’.

Huw Irranca-Davies, the deputy first minister of Wales, confirmed a number of changes to the Welsh Government’s controversial sustainable farming scheme. The scheme, which resulted in thousands of ...

THE town celebrated the start of the Christmas season by switching its lights on. The festive season officially began on Friday, November 22 as the Christmas lights were switched on in Hexham.

The North East is bidding to be named as the UK’s first ‘Region of Sport’ to boost tourist numbers and make people more active.

Yellow "miracle" nappy rash ointment Metanium has been discontinued and branches of Superdrug, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's are out ...

Bestselling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, who wrote A Woman Of Substance, has died at the age of 91, it has been announced. The author died peacefully at her home on Sunday, November 24 following ...

Her books have sold more than 91 million copies and have been published in more than 40 languages and in 90 countries.

Love Island broadcasting giant ITV has seen its shares leap higher on reports the group is being eyed for a possible takeover. Shares in ITV surged as much as 10% in Monday trading after it was ...