Although the Astronomer Royal post is largely honorary today, it has long been a title awarded to the most prominent ...

The Northern Powerhouse Rail project is back in the spotlight, promising to transform the journey between Liverpool and ...

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Rock ‘n’ roll icon and Dr. Feelgood co-founder Wilko Johnson was celebrated yesterday in a special ceremony at Southend ...

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The Chancellor has given the go-ahead for new train, bus and tram links across the country, with £15.6bn promised for local ...

Cities across the North have been left in limbo over future rail plans after Rachel Reeves would only commit to an “ambition” ...

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COPS have released photos of a man after a woman was sexually assaulted on a train before commuters intervened. A man sat ...

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary has penned his latest novel, a murder mystery set in Sunderland in 1973, the year the ...

GeoMôn has been recognised as a Unesco World Heritage site, marking it out for its extraordinary geological importance.