You can use tidings to refer to news that someone tells you.
例句
He hated always to be the bearer of bad tidings...他讨厌总是带去坏消息。I dare to hope that your heart will be touched by the tidings of my survival.我奢望你在听到我还活着的消息时心情会很激动。
英汉词典释义
n.
<古>消息
good tidings好消息The happy tidings soon got abroad.喜讯不久就传开了。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. new information about specific and timely events;