News (North East)

Battery firm Britishvolt secures funding lifeline to avert collapse

Funding for ultrafast broadband connections to 50,000 rural homes & business

Witnesses to a serious collision in Gateshead asked to come forward

Fireworks seized from boot of a car in Newcastle

Durham University calls for more regulation on private landlords to protect students

Smoke free outdoor spaces backed in South Tyneside

Complex recovery continuing following train derailment

Funeral of British Superbike Racer to take place in Gateshead

A Midsummer Night's Dream arrives at Northern Stage

Police confirm name of 11-year-old who died in South Tyneside collision

Durham fish salesman jailed for ripping off vulnerable customers

Teenager spent 18th birthday in hospital after being served peanuts by Newcastle restaurant

Rumours of Sunderland Airshow moving to South Shields are dismissed by council

Firefighters praised for preventing a huge blaze in Washington

Chief Constable of Northumbria Police announces retirement

11 year old boy dies after bike collides with bus in South Tyneside

Dark Nights campaign aims to keep South Tyneside streets safe

Man jailed for 15 years for attacking a newborn baby

Wheelie bin fires cost the taxpayer more than £90k in Tyne and Wear

Newcastle Theatre opens doors as a community warm space

North East Ambulance Service workers are voting on strike action over pay

Petition launched to save popular North Tyneside farm

American Foster care system to be trialled in Gateshead

Third man arrested in connection with fatal Byker assault

Magical North East play arrives in theatres for half term

Multi-agency terror exercise held in Newcastle

Fallen heroes to be remembered in Gateshead

North East and Teesside politicians comment on Prime Minister's resignation

Next Bishop of Newcastle confirmed

Freight train derails between Newcastle and Carlisle

New projects to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newcastle

Britishvolt plant reassurances in Northumberland

Some bus fare prices to rise across the North East

Durham City reach out to help Ghanaian football club

People in Northumberland urged to get vaccines.

Two North East rivals to battle for a title in Newcastle