A TRIAL using chemical castration on sex offenders will cover 20 prisons - and a reform tsar claimed some paedos want the measure. The Government is exploring whether this will be made mandatory.

She was the flame-haired firecracker of Byker Grove - but over three decades on, Lyndyann Barrass is no longer the teenager known to millions as Spuggy. Instead, she’s swapped the small screen ...

Lyndyann Barrass, the former Byker Grove redhead who once sparkled on-screen as Spuggy, is living a whole new life three decades later - trading acting for cleaning - and she couldn't be more content.

She was the fiery, red-headed dynamo of Byker Grove, yet over 30 years later, Lyndyann Barrass has hung up the mantle of the teen idol known as Spuggy. Nowadays, she embraces the world of cleaning ...

Durham Police are investigating after anti-Muslim graffiti was found at two locations in Whitby on Tuesday. Durham Regional Police said investigations into the incidents are ongoing and that the force ...

Does Labour seriously want to “castrate the paedos”? Shabana Mahmood is smuggling liberal policies under a tabloid cloak. By Megan Kenyon The front page of the Sun on 22 May was typically subdued. The ...

POLICE chiefs have blasted plans to let violent thugs out of jail early - warning they risk wreaking havoc on Britain’s streets. Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley - the country’s most senior ...

The “hang the paedos, fund the NHS” constituency is not moving left. By Ben Walker On Saturday (31 May) Andy Burnham launched a broad critique of the government. “I believe you do have to take on the ...

Elite Stuyvesant High School was accused of a “cover up” this week after hateful graffiti referencing the Holocaust was discovered in a restroom — by failing to immediately tell parents ...

Metro Council granted $200,000 in funds earmarked to conserve it, stipulating specifically that the protest graffiti be removed. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The Fair on the Square event will be running in Byker this Thursday and Friday and among its highlights will be a mix of circus and street theatre entertainment. This will include a troupe of ...