Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson provides live coverage of the Wear-Tees derby between Sunderland and Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light.

This is what time Strictly Come Dancing will air tonight (September 21) on BBC One and BBC iPlayer as BBC confirm first 15 dances and songs.

The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, Lebanon’s health minister said. Firass Abiad told reporters that 68 people were ...

A man in his sixties was left with facial injuries after two men kicked him from his electric bike before stealing it on 1825 Way, Stockton.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that ministers ‘don’t want people to believe that we are living very different lives from them’.

A tornado has been been described as “terrifying” as it swept through Aldershot causing damage to properties and felling trees. No-one was hurt in the weather event in the Hampshire town which ...