Updates on Tuesday 16 February 2016
Rebecca Turner
BBC North East
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Seven-year-old Cole died for two minutes before his dad saved him with CPR.
His rare heart condition led to him having a tiny defibrillator fitted into his chest at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
His family in Blyth, Northumberland, now want to see both defibrillators and CPR lessons in schools.
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Although some eastern parts may start dry, it will be generally cloudy and breezy overnight with outbreaks of rain.
The rain locally heavy in the west, and with some snow likely across the Cheviots and Pennines.
BBC Sport
It's Gateshead v Eastleigh tonight, kick-off at 19:45.
A man who died following a collision yesterday morning has been named as 37-year-old Kevin Capstick.
The crash happened between a Ford Transit van and a Suzuki Jimny on the A69 near Heydon Bridge.
Mr Capstick, who lived in the Consett area of County Durham, was driving the Suzuki. He suffered serious injuries and was treated by paramedics but was pronounced dead.
The driver of the Ford Transit was was said to have sustained "non-life threatening" injuries.
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Malcolm Nicholson told a jury that he had never had any sexual contact with the alleged victim and said she had been blackmailing him for money.
Image source, The GazettePolice searching for missing Newcastle woman Margaret MacDermott have released CCTV footage of a potential witness, external.
Image source, Northumbria PoliceMargaret MacDermott, 50, and from Bolbec Road in Fenham, was last seen around 23:00 on Friday evening at home.
Her car was then located near the Eye on the Tyne pub on Newcastle's Quayside on Saturday, and CCTV enquiries showed Margaret had parked it there at around 05:00 that morning.
She could be seen getting out of her car, crossing the road and walking along the river towards the Millennium Bridge where she stopped and paused.
From this point there is no further CCTV footage of her.
Officers then looked at CCTV footage from nearby, and spotted a person walking along Hawks Road towards Quarryfield Road and past the entrance to Gateshead College at around 6:10.
This is around the same time that Margaret was in the area of the Millennium Bridge and not too far away.
Police are hoping to be in contact with this person to find out more information.
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Alison Leddy took this photo at Blyth Beach in Northumberland at about 08:30 yesterday.
Image source, Alison LeddyShe said: "We don't get a lot of snow on the coast so it was a lovely sight to see. The beach huts are an iconic part of the north-east coast and are well photographed - but not so many images in snow."
There will be a minute’s silence prior to Hartlepool United's game against Notts County tonight as a mark of respect for BBC Tees presenter Ali Brownlee, who died at the weekend.
A spokesman from Pools said: "While his main passion was for Middlesbrough, Ali was a fervent and loyal supporter of all sport in the north-east and his death has been felt right across the region."
Tributes continue to arrive for The Voice Of The Boro, Ali Brownlee, who passed away on Sunday aged 56.
Middlesbrough fans have covered the Ayresome Park gates outside the Riverside Stadium with their messages.
Bede’s World in Jarrow, which celebrates the life and times of the Venerable Bede, closed on Friday.
Image source, The Sheilds GazetteA jury has been selected in the trial of two teenage girls who are accused of murdering a woman in Hartlepool.
Angela Wrightson, 39, was found dead at her home in December 2014.
The two teenagers who are accused of the killing were 14 and 13 at the time. They cannot be named for legal reasons.
They both deny the charge. A panel of eight women and six men was selected from a pool of some 30 potential jurors when proceedings got under way at Leeds Crown Court today.
The prosecution is expected to open tomorrow.
Image source, Cleveland PoliceNewcastle United are still missing at least four players and are in a "ridiculous" situation, former Magpies midfielder Rob Lee claims.
He said: "They've got a lot of problems. The two players they've bought, (Andros) Townsend and (Jonjo) Shelvey, I like them.
"But, as much as they are good additions, if you look at it, they weren't essential buys. It's like going to get your groceries and you see something and think, 'I wouldn't mind that'.
Image source, Rex Features"But we need a goalscorer, we need a leader at the back, a centre-half, a left-back. We've got (Rolando) Aarons playing there at the moment, he's a young kid and that's not his position. For a club the size of Newcastle, that's ridiculous really."
Lee will be back at St James' Park on Saturday to play in the partypoker-sponsored Grand Prix Poker Tour tournament.
Kay Crewdson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
It will turn increasingly cloudy and windy through the day, with rain arriving into the west by late evening, perhaps turning wintry over the Pennines.
Maximum temperature: 5C (41F)
Weather: weather_northeast.avi
BBC Travel
The A179 Powlett Road in Hartlepool is closed and there's slow traffic in both directions between the Winterbottom Avenue junction and the Lancaster Road junction because of an accident.
Get the latest travel updates from Tyne and Wear and Teeside.
Police have received a number of reports of cars being damaged in the Billingham area.
So far, they've had 15 reports in total from last night.
Most of the cars had windows smashed, but some were even deliberately driven into, causing damage to garages and other vehicles.
Image source, EPACleveland Police says it believes the suspects used a vehicle to travel around the area to carry out the damage and "to deliberately damage other cars".
A spokesman said: "This vehicle is possibly a Vauxhall, potentially a Corsa, which will now have suffered front end damage."
Messages allegedly sent by former SAFC winger Adam Johnson to a schoolgirl were "a bit creepy", a court has heard.
Mr Johnson denies two counts of sexual activity with the teenager.
Asked to clarify why she thought the messages were "creepy", she said: "I thought that when I told him my age he would have backed off. Who just asks for a random fan's number?"
Later, the girl told the jury: "Someone texting a 15-year-old girl - they're not completely normal."
The trial at Bradford Crown Court continues.
Newcastle United are "awful" but former midfielder Rob Lee expects them to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
Lee told Press Association Sport: "I don't see them much live these days, but I wouldn't want to actually.
Image source, Getty Images"They shouldn't be getting beaten like that, especially against Chelsea who are not exactly in the form of their lives.
"It was a poor result and a poor performance."
A schoolgirl recorded a video on her phone while she was in former Sunderland player Adam Johnson's car, a court has heard.
Mr Johnson is on trial accused of two counts of sexual activity with the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The girl told the court she made the video but it only recorded an image of the dashboard.
She said she did it to prove she had met the footballer. The teenager said: "I was trying to brag about it and show off about it. How many teenagers can say that's happened to them?"
The girl also told the court: "I thought I was big and I thought I was clever. "I feel so stupid now for not seeing but I didn't see it at the time."
BBC Sport
Remember Kevin Kyle?The former Sunderland, Hearts, Kilmarnock and Scotland striker?
Well, he has apparently knocked Dutch ninth seed and BDO World Championship semi-finalist Richard Veenstra out of the Scottish Open.
Read the remarkable story here, external
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