Tributes paid to 'Tesco mummy'published at 14:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Two men, aged 35 and 37, have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and attempted theft.
Read MoreTributes paid to 'Tesco mummy'published at 14:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Phone hacking: Mirror newspaper settles four more claimspublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Former Sunderland footballers Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole, who also played for Newcastle, are among the latest group of people to receive damages after settling phone-hacking claims with Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).
They, alongside model Danielle Lloyd and actress Jennifer Ellison, were paid an undisclosed amount and legal costs.
MGN apologised in each case but none of the claimants attended the hearing.
The newspaper group has already settled dozens of phone-hacking cases.
Image source, PABarmaid sentenced after stealing £10,000published at 14:00 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
The Gazette
NewspaperA former pub worker stole £10,000 from her workplace over a 16-month period., external
What can't you do in a polling station?published at 13:20 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
People in the North East are going to the polls today.
The full council is up for election in Newcastle. A third of the seats are up in Hartlepool, Gateshead, North and South Tyneside and Sunderland.
But what can and can't you do at the polling station? Read more here.
Image source, Getty ImagesRoad reopened following chemical spillagepublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Lake Road in Houghton-le-Spring has been reopened following a chemical spillage after a tanker overturned earlier, Northumbria Police say.
Katrice Lee's father at search sitepublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
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End of twitter postJason Manford forced to end Newcastle gig early after woman collapsespublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Comedian Jason Manford was forced to end his Newcastle show early after a young woman in the audience collapsed., external
Katrice Lee search: Father says 'like returning to his nightmare'published at 12:14 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Andy Bell
BBC TeesThe father of a toddler who disappeared in Germany almost 37 years ago has arrived in the country to see a fresh search of near where she was last seen.
Richard Lee described coming back to Paderborn as like returning to his nightmare.
Last night when we walked down to the scene of the search for the first time, I saw that nightmare being relived. It was in his voice and it was in his tears.
He’s a military man and he knows how to fight. For the last seven years I’ve been following that fight, interviewing him on dozens of occasions.
Always measured, always in control of his message and the injustice he feels Katrice and his family have been served.
Last night as we stood at the banks of the Alme I saw, just for a few minutes, that fight make way for the raw agony of what’s unfolded over the last 36 years.
Met with the emotionally brutal sight of the work going on to find his little girl's body, it became almost too much for him. I was humbled by his bravery and dignity in the face of that reality.
He still says he doesn’t believe the search will find Katrice but he’s facing this scene for her.
Chemical spillage after tanker overturnedpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Police have released more details on what has led to a road in Houghton-le-Spring being closed - it is because of a report of a chemical spillage after a tanker overturned.
Police and fire crews are at the scene after the crash near Market Place, which happened at 10:18.
Lake Road has been closed both ways between Nesham Place and the A690 junction for the clear up.
Northumbria Police say there is not believed to be any wider danger to the public.
Newcastle's Slimani given three-game banpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Newcastle forward Islam Slimani is banned for three games for violent conduct after an off-the-ball incident during Saturday's 1-0 defeat by West Brom.
Read MoreDrivers asked to avoid road in Houghton-le-Springpublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
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End of twitter postWatch: Search of the German riverbank in Katrice Lee casepublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
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End of twitter postTrafficking and slavery gang to be sentencedpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
The sentencing is due to begin of a gang of people traffickers who brought vulnerable people from central Europe into the UK and enslaved them as a "family business".
The Newcastle-based Rafael family, of Roma origin, applied for benefits in their victims' names and kept the money for themselves, as well as only giving them a fraction of the pay they earned in tough jobs across the North East.
Image source, Northumbria PoliceTheir victims, some of them homeless people picked up in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, were forced to sleep in cellars and crammed into shared rooms in Newcastle's West End.
They were not allowed control over their bank accounts, their lengthy trial at Teesside Crown Court was told.
Angelica Chec, 30, formerly of Farndale Road, Ruzena Rafaelova 37, formerly of Brighton Grove, Juraj Rafael 38, of Bilbrough Gardens and a 17-year-old who cannot be identified were all convicted of conspiracy to commit slavery, conspiracy to traffic persons with a view to their exploitation and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the CPS said.
Ruzena Rafaelova, 58, formerly of Strathmore Crescent, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit slavery and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the CPS added. Roman Rafael, 33, and Marian Rafael, 39, had earlier pleaded guilty.
Man threatened to stab wife after drink and drug binge for 30th birthdaypublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Hartlepool Mail
NewspaperA violent husband who held a knife to his wife's throat before cutting off some of her hair has been jailed., external
Image source, Hartlepool MailWatch: Scene of riverbank search in missing Katrice Lee investigationpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
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End of twitter postWoman dies three days after multi-vehicle crashpublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
A 76-year-old woman involved in a three-vehicle crash on the Spine Road near Cramlington on Monday morning has died, police say.
It is believed that two vehicles - a silver Skoda and a black Kia - were involved in the collision as they attempted to avoid a third vehicle, a grey Vauxhall, which is thought to have broken down in one lane.
The dead woman has not yet been named.
Nobody else was seriously injured.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
Search for missing toddler is 'return to nightmare' for fatherpublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Stuart Whincup
BBC Look NorthThe father of the missing Hartlepool toddler Katrice Lee is in Germany, as military police continue their "forensic search" of a riverbank.
Katrice (pictured below) vanished from a shopping centre close to the military base where her father was stationed with the Army 36 years ago.
Image source, Family photoRichard Lee has described his visit to an excavation site on the banks of the River Alme in Paderborn as "a return to his nightmare."
About 100 police and military personnel are carrying out the search after re-analysing evidence gathered during the original investigation in 1981.
It focuses on a green saloon car seen parked in the search location the day after the toddler went missing.
A photo-fit was released last year of a man seen at the military shop where Katrice disappeared, holding a child similar to Katrice and getting into a green saloon car.
Police said it may or may not be the same car, but they are keen to identify it.
Image source, RMPSunrise captured near Cullercoatspublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Press Association photographer Owen Humphreys snapped this early morning vista of a ship sailing across the horizon on the North Sea near Cullercoats.
Unfortunately, forecasters say the sun may be marred by clouds later today.
Image source, PADry and bright at first, but becoming cloudy laterpublished at 08:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look NorthIt will be bright and rather chilly at first, but becoming cloudy, with the chance of some patchy drizzle throughout the afternoon.
Winds should be moderate, with maximum temperatures reaching about 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).
Some mist could develop on higher ground.
HGV stuck under bridge in Langley Moorpublished at 08:37 British Summer Time 3 May 2018
Durham Police have tweeted this picture of traffic chaos in County Durham caused after a lorry became stuck under a bridge.
It happened at Langley Moor on the A690 after this HGV became stuck under the railway bridge.
Motorists have been urged to avoid the High Street and Front Street areas.
Image source, Durham Police
