This new find, affectionately nicknamed “The Pasty” because the wrapping resembled the famous Cornish pastry, is one of the ...

A Lancashire metal detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to repay £103,000.

A metal detectorist who planned to sell a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay £103,000 or face being jailed ...

Not just gold. A lot of silver, too. A 1,000-year-old hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins and jewels. It must have been a Eureka moment of some magnitude. What they had stumbled on was a Viking’s stash ...

An annual puppet festival's parade has been moved to a new location due to roadworks. The Newcastle Puppetry Festival is to return for the sixth time, but with changes to the route because of work ...

An army veteran who faced homelessness when his house was repossessed says he was “barely managing” his situation until he secured a new home. Retired Royal Artillery Sergeant Terry Coxon ...

One person has been taken to hospital after reportedly being struck by a Metro train in South Tyneside. Emergency services were called to the Blue House Lane crossing between East Boldon and ...

With his deft use of archaeology, the tenuous literary sources and numismatic evidence (as early as the first half of the seventh century, Anglo-Saxon coins were being inscribed with the name ...

A former prison governor has been found guilty of having a relationship with a prisoner and accepting a Mercedes from him as a gift. Kerri Pegg, 42 from Up Holland in Lancashire, was convicted of ...

Seven police officers have been injured in a crash during a pursuit that closed part of the A1 on Tyneside. The collision with a BMW happened just before 02:30 BST near Denton Burn, Newcastle ...

Criminal cases prosecuted by the CPS are in the news every day, along with a range of issues relating to our work – from violence against women and girls and hate crime, to support for victims and ...