A mum has shared her heartbreak after her brave son tried to save his drowning friend by jumping into the River Tyne after ...

Egle Rudzianskiene paid tribute to her funny, caring and kind son who died three days after getting into difficulty in the ...

Ovingham Bridge, which links the village with Prudhoe across the River Tyne, closed to traffic from the end of June last year to allow the work to be carried out. The closure means people have to ...

A second boy has died after two children got into difficulty in the River Tyne in Northumberland ... died near a bridge in Ovingham - a village just west of Newcastle - on Saturday.

Northumbria Police have confirmed that a body has been found in the search of a missing boy, 13, who went missing while swimming.

The Tyne Bridge is home to about 1,200 breeding pairs of kittiwakes every year Restrictions are to come into force on the Tyne Bridge while kittiwake "hotels" are installed ahead of refurbishment ...