News (North East)

Important travel info - Parts of A1 closed in Gateshead

Byker pupils get to grips with the fight for justice - with new play at Northern Stage

Emmerdale star Dale Meeks dies - as Ant and Dec lead tributes

Great North Run to be Sir Mo Farah's last ever professional race

No serious injuries after a double-decker bus topples into a field

Wallsend bus driver racially abused on Valentines Day.

Trial of Stockton man accused of murdering Sunderland girl starts today

Bishop Auckland Food Festival returns with Bake Off Stars

1,600 riders to take part in gruelling bike race through Kielder Forest

GSK staff at Barnard Castle to strike after rejecting pay offer

New play in Newcastle examines the realities of unpaid care in the North East

Hamilton is coming to Sunderland

Escooter scheme ending in Sunderland due to vandalism

Ambulance passenger injured after crash

Officers praise two victims who helped to put a rapist behind bars

Witness appeal after a serious crash with an ambulance near Houghton

Newcastle's Side Gallery approaches fundraising target to avoid permanent closure

North of Tyne mayor joins calls for Transpennine Express to get "fresh start"

Cat reunited with family in North Tyneside after trip under minibus bonnet

Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash in Durham

Jury sent out to deliberate in Gateshead teen murder trial

Support staff at Scottish colleges vote for strike action in pay dispute

Hidden Anglo-Saxon coins "of great cultural significance" - Durham Crown Court hears

Family pay tribute to "larger than life" Sheldon Flanighan

Newcastle man jailed for assaulting two police officers

Six teenagers arrested and banned from the Stadium of Light following disorder

Police appeal after man, 75, dies following collision in Morpeth

Police commissioner rolls out training on behaviour that makes women unsafe

Over 30 lives saved by drug-overdose countering kits since their introduction by Durham Police

Penshaw Bowl CANCELLED due to groud conditions

Sunderland to wear one-off shorts for charity on Good Friday

3 charged with murder over the death of man in Cramlington

North East play returns to Newcastle stages this week, after being mentioned in Parliament

Fire service teams up with local partners to crack down on Easter spike

Cramlington murder investigation continues

Death of man in Cramlington crash being treated as murder