News (North East)

Firefighters praised after battling a four-day blaze in Birtley

Police warning for nuisance bikers in East Durham and Darlington

Man jailed for keeping man as a slave in a metal shed in Blyth

Kids in the North East's poorest areas left behind with more and more trapped in poverty

12 year old injured in hit and run in Newcastle

Sunderland to welcome the Tour of Britain for the first time in 2022

Joint investigation launched after a fatal house fire in Sunderland

Darlington crash victim named by police

Nick Forbes future in jeopardy as Newcastle Council leader

Big Sammy Fender bags another Brit

Teenager arrested following a suspected arson in Birtley

Northern Mayors to meet Michael Gove to discuss Levelling Up plans

Fire service scale back presence after the huge blaze in Birtley

Teesdale farmer who flipped a car off his land cleared of criminal damage

The North East says: “We need the Leamside Line re-opened.”

The Libertines will headline Newacstle Festival

Portrait of The Queen projected onto County Hall

The police part of council tax is set to rise in County Durham

£804m vision to radically improve the North East’s bus networks has been plunged into even more doub...

Sunderland in talks with Roy Keane to return as manager

Man sadly dies following collision involving car and a truck in Northumberland

Cancer patients matched to clinical trials by finding faulty genes

New North Shields craft beer festival announces live entertainment for debut event this February

Car-flip accused farmer: 'An Englishman's home is his castle'

Nestle's Fawdon site will close in 2023

North Shields food membership scheme helping families combat the cost of living

Plans for devolution welcomed in County Durham

County Durham finalises its bid for UK City of Culture 2025

Seven arrested following drug raids by police across Gateshead

Police appeal for witnesses following a serious collision in County Durham

E-scooter trial in Sunderland to be extended

Sunderland City Council Budgets

Calls to improve air quality outside homes and schools in Newcastle

Culture Durham launches new brand and website ahead of UK City of Culture 2025 bid

Lewis Ritson to headline home town fight night

Ex-Northumbria Police officer jailed over inappropriate conduct with women