Aras Rudzianskas, 13, died three days after being airlifted to hospital after getting into difficulty in the river on May 18, ...

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

WE looked back through our archives to find out what made headlines in Hexham and the Tyne Valley up to 150 years ago.

Among the apprentices restoring the Tyne Bridge is a wannabe welder working with his dad on a proud task his grandad undertook 40 years ago. In 1984, John Nicholson was part of a team of ...

Saturday’s tragic ship crash into the Brooklyn Bridge is far from the first time a boat has collided with the iconic East River crossing since it opened May 24, 1883. In February 1921 ...

Two people died and more than a dozen were hurt when a Mexican navy training ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday in New York City, officials said. In a Saturday night news conference ...

The ship's planned route was southward, away from the bridge and toward New York Harbor, bound for Iceland. The ship cleared the dock but moved in reverse toward the bridge, authorities say.