The Latest Breaking News from Olive

The feline, two, disappeared from her home in Whitley Bay, on April 8 and was missing for five days

A selection of tributes to people from around the North East who have passed away in the past few weeks

What did Hunter families call their new arrivals last year?

A friend with a close relative in a residential aged care home reports – in a tone of scandalised surprise – on romantic entanglements among the elderly.

Charlotte, 29, had her heart set on taking on a big renovation project for the couple's second home

Mabel and Olive burst onto the scene in 2020 during lockdown when Andrew Cotter began to narrate their lives on social media.

Mum-of-two Drew Barrymore has revealed her initial thoughts when she became a mother and has told her fans to know it's okay to have moments of feeling lost in parenthood

‘We tried so hard to make it work’

The first pages of Gail Jones’ beautiful new novel, Salonika Burning, offer a vision. The image is of a city on fire, watched by soldiers at a distance who despite, or perhaps because of, their familiarity with devastation, are transfixed “with indecent pleasure” by the sight.

Cocker spaniel Olive was left hanging off a cliff edge after falling while on a walk in Chopwell Woods

Writer and broadcaster who lent his fishing expertise to TV and radio shows and co-authored The River Cottage Fish Book