Jack Lawson will spend at least 17 years in prison after stabbing Craig Yorke three times last year.

Connor Pani will miss the rest of the season for Gateshead after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon injury.

More than £7,000 is raised to fund a potential legal challenge against North Tyneside Council's plan.

Gateshead's Queen Elizabeth Hospital is providing community care to patients after closing ward 23.

The three-month-old boy remains in a critical condition, Cleveland Police says.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough councillors agree the motion at its new Thornaby headquarters.

There are no plans to replace the venue, which once hosted Ne-Yo and the Arctic Monkeys.

Jennifer Smith says the council had asked her to repaint the door black or grey.

Tesco says it charges the same as in larger stores but does not have shelf space for all its range.

Intact Insurance, formerly RSA Insurance, says its Doxford Business Park office will close.

Scaffolding at Sunderland's new facility for eye patients is removed giving people their first look.