Eastleigh dent Hartlepool's promotion bid and boost their own National League play-off hopes with victory.

Steven Clark's disappearance in 1992 is being treated as murder after a cold case review.

A class of four and five-year-olds from Washington have been building a new fleet of police cars as part of their home-schooling.

The youngsters from George Washington School were doing a project on transport and were inspired by PC Ben Waites from Northumbria Police who sent a video of the inside of a patrol car.

Some of the children's cars have impressive details.

This one below has a grabber hand to help catch 'baddies'.

Image source, George Washington Primary

The one below appears to turn into a helicopter.

Image source, George Washington Primary

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Alex Metcalfe

Extra money will be spent repairing Middlesbrough’s roads this year – months on from a “pothole purge” across the town.

More than 26,000 holes were fixed by council teams to try to fill a mass of problems across the town over 20 weeks last year.

The town-wide blitz saw more than 1,400 tonnes of asphalt laid across the borough, but many main roads and A-roads weren't included.

Last week, Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston unveiled an extra £750,000 would go towards fixing roads from April – something he said was “over and above the normal budget”.

Mr Preston said: “Everyone’s fed up with the potholes on our roads. Because of this people are frustrated with me and the council."

The council received £1.1m from the Department for Transport’s “pothole fund” this year.

Work has begun knocking down a former supermarket and shopping precinct in Spennymoor to make way for a new store.

It's hoped the work to raze Festival Walk and replace it with a new car park, Aldi store and other retail units will be complete by Spring next year.

Image source, Durham County Council

A bank holding a floodwater overflow lake is at risk of failing, the Environment Agency fears.

Earlier this month the River Coquet split in two after heavy rainfall, with part of the river merging into Caistron Lakes near Rothbury.

The Environment Agency said Caistron Lakes is holding anywhere between 40 and 200 Olympic sized swimming pools of water (100,000 to 500,000 cubic metres) and the aggregate bank holding it has eroded.

If the bank fails the water could flood agricultural and low lying land, public roads and the Cow Haugh car park at Rothbury riverside.

Image source, Environment Agency

The agency is working with Northumberland County Council, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service and Northumbria Police to reduce the risk to the local area.

Caistron Lakes were created many years ago when the River Coquet overtopped into a sand and gravel extraction site.

The new breach will ultimately create a new channel for the River Coquet.

Hundreds of homes and offices are planned for the derelict site at South Shields.

Bringing you the latest news from across the North East from Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2021.

Britain's Got Talent winner Lee Ridley, who performs as Lost Voice Guy, is looking for a North East man to donate his voice.

The comedian has cerebral palsy and uses an electronic device to communicate.

He is trying to find someone to record their voice so he can use it on the device.

He said: "To be honest there's nothing wrong with my current voice except from the fact it sounds very posh.

"I should be reading the shipping forecast on Radio 4 and it isn't exactly the voice I would've had if I hadn't been disabled."

He wants to sound like his family, who are from Consett, in County Durham, so has started a competition which would see the owner of the winning accent spending about eight hours in a recording studio.

Lee said: "I always wanted a Geordie accent but it isn't as simple as that because of the new technology involved and it costs quite a lot to create one and it's quite a long process.

"When a company approached me offering to make me a Geordie accent for my communication device, I jumped at the opportunity."

Anyone interested needs to record themselves reading a paragraph from his new book and send it to him. More details are on his website., external

Newcastle manager Steve Bruce says he is still looking for the right balance after Chelsea beat his side 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Mark Lawrenson takes on singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger, to make predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Timo Werner scores and assists as he ends a 14-game goal drought to help Chelsea to victory over Newcastle in the Premier League.

A council report says the £30m winter sports project will "not now be taken forward".

There were 39 incidents of violence despite lockdown and periods of limited social contact.

The deadline for views on a consultation which could see dogs banned on two of Sunderland's popular beaches for five months of the year is the end of today.

Sunderland City Council is reviewing its city wide public spaces protection order and has asked for views on the plan which would either see dogs barred from Seaburn and Roker beaches between 09:00 and 18:00, or be allowed on the beach but only on a lead.

Both proposed rules would be in force from May to the end of September.

The council says there's been an increase in litter and dog mess being left across its award-winning beaches and parks.

That consultation , externalends at midnight.

Image source, Reuters

Relive Tuesday's EFL action as Andre Wisdom's stoppage-time goal gave Derby victory at Wycombe.

One of the busiest sections of the Tyne and Wear Metro is closed from today for two weeks as work starts to replace overhead power lines.

It means there are no services between Heworth and the Regent Centre and Four Lane Ends until the end of February.

In total just over 11 miles (18km) of power lines are being replaced to prepare for the new trains coming in the next few years.

Replacement bus services are in place while the work is carried out.

The existing bus station in Durham, which was built in 1970, is to be demolished and replaced.

Northampton are awarded four points after the Covid-related cancellation of Saturday's Premiership game with Newcastle.

Follow live text and BBC Radio 5 Live commentary as Chelsea beat Newcastle after West Ham's win over Sheffield United.