Washington1 day agoReplacement radio tower approvedIt will provide coverage for emergency services after an existing tower is decommissioned. 1 day ago28 May 2026Grants offered as £20m improvement scheme beginsThe first wave of projects will be delivered by March 2027.28 May 202627 May 2026Watch: Community gathers as workers remain missing after chemical blastAt least one person is dead and nine others missing after a chemical explosion at a paper mill in the US state of Washington, authorities said.27 May 202626 May 2026New city centre library to open seven days a weekThe Culture House site in Sunderland is slated to open later this year.26 May 202622 May 2026HIV rapist's drug dealer accomplice sentencedJohn Harrison "fell in" with Adam Hall to sell drugs in the "chemsex" community, a court hears.22 May 202615 May 2026Family anguish at Iraq death soldier case failureA Baghdad court says a man thought to have helped kill six British soldiers is not the real culprit.15 May 202614 May 2026Police move base across town into fire stationThe former station in Washington would have been too expensive to renovate, Northumbria Police says.14 May 202613 May 2026Fears century of bowling treasures lost in blazeWashington bowling club members fear 100 years of memorabilia and trophies may have been destroyed.13 May 20267 May 2026US driver arrested after chasing down child on bike on footpathVideo captures a young boy on a bike fleeing a car that mounted a footpath in Washington State.7 May 2026...