Reading sign goalkeeper Rachael Laws from Sunderland, while midfielder Remi Allen signs a new deal with the club.

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Some late sunshine in most places this evening.

Tonight, areas of cloud will start to spread in from the coast.

It will be a predominantly cloudy but dry end to the night.

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French artist Marina Rees has formed a "whale choir" to launch her new exhibition

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Two of Tyneside’s most striking Brutalist constructions, Trinity Square car park and Derwent Tower, have been honoured in an online tribute to Britain’s lost 20th century architecture., external

A house was burgled over the weekend while people, including children, were inside.

The Vicarage on James Street, North Ormesby, was broken into during the day on Saturday.

A small amount of cash was stolen and police are appealing for witnesses or nearby CCTV footage.

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BBC Music

The 1975 singer's dad, Newcastle actor Tim Healy, has tweeted that a song he wrote will be on the band's next album.

The band have already shared Give Yourself a Try, from their upcoming third album.

Matty Healy has said they have two albums in the works, the second of which could be released in May 2019.

So we're not sure which album the song will be on.

Is he singing lead or backing vocals, that's the question? Looks like Matty's got his back.

Richard Spottiswood, who has been convicted of murdering Darren Bonner, was "a dangerous man", police have said.

Mr Bonner died in hospital after being found naked and semi-conscious in a shallow grave in Cresswell, Northumberland, last July.

Spottiswood (pictured) claimed he had put him into a headlock to "calm him down" during a row, and the death was an accident.

Speaking after the trial, Det Ch Insp Andy Fairlamb, of Northumbria Police, said: "Even after Spottiswood admitted to choking Darren, he has continued to go on and defend his actions claiming it was an accident.

"The fact that Darren was left in such a critical condition - barely breathing and lying in a shallow grave - absolutely shows how truly cold and despicable Spottiswood is."

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A man was robbed while walking along Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough on Saturday.

The 29-year-old victim was walking between Fatsos and Sticky Fingers bar at about 02:00 when a man approached him, grabbed him and took his mobile phone.

The suspect, believed to be about 6ft and of slim build made off towards King Edward Square.

Darren Bonner was found naked and semi-conscious in a Northumberland field and died in hospital.

More than 3,000 bus routes have been cut back or withdrawn in England and Wales in the past eight years, transport campaigners have said.

Subsidies for buses fell by £20.5m in the past year, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) said.

Council bus budgets had been cut by 45% since 2010, it claimed.

The government said it provided £250m a year to support bus services and £1bn for free travel for disabled and older people.

The sun keeps on shining in Teesdale.

Thank you to Nick Coggins for this stunning picture.

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More than £300,000 was paid to GPs in Sunderland last year, external as part of a ‘Golden Hello’ scheme.

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Durham County Council and Stray Aid are trying to reunite these dogs with their owners - do you recognise any of them?

Thousands turned up to a former pit village on Saturday to see the largest mechanical puppet ever built in Britain.

The 36ft (11m) tall miner made a visit to Willington in a tribute to County Durham's mining heritage.

Man Engine was named after a mechanism used to move miners up and down to working levels and travelled 130 miles along Cornwall's historical mining coast when it was launched in 2016.

BBC Sport

Connor Swift (pictured, centre) raced away from the pack to take the men's road race title at the National Road Championships in Stamfordham in Northumberland.

The Madison Genesis rider completed the last 13km of the 185.6km course largely unaccompanied after making a decisive move, to finish 22 seconds ahead of Aqua Blue Sport's Adam Blythe, with Team Sky's Owain Doull in third.

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The 22-year-old, part of a 17-rider breakaway early in the race, held off Blythe's late challenge to claim victory in 4.19.06.

In the women's race, Team Breeze's Jessica Roberts struck late to clinch victory 1.5 seconds ahead of Olympic gold medallist Dani Rowe.

Melissa Lowther attacked with 3km of the 106.2km remaining and held an 11-second lead, but Wales' Roberts reeled her in and held off Rowe's challenge, with team-mate Ellie Dickinson crossing the line in third place.

Megan Paterson
Reporter, BBC Look North

A man has been convicted of the murder of a man found dying in a shallow grave in Northumberland.

Darren Bonner (pictured) was discovered naked and semi-conscious in undergrowth near Cresswell and later died as a result of lack of oxygen to his brain.

Richard Spottiswood, 34 and from Jarrow, denied murder, but was found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court.

He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at later date.

Image source, DARREN BONNER

Newcastle United fans from Russia met Alan Shearer after weeks of trying.

The Moscow Mags formed in 2008 and have since supported NUFC through thick and thin.

Former Newcastle United striker Shearer is in Russia covering the World Cup for the BBC and the group tweeted him until they caught his attention.

Evgeny Kolobrodov, founding member of the club, says the moment they finally met their hero was "the greatest 10 minutes ever in [their] lives".

Two visitor centres on Teesside are offering free reusable aluminium bottles to tackle plastic pollution and waste.

Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park and Guisborough Forest Walkway centres will give away 500 of the water bottles in exchange for six empty, single-use plastic bottles throughout July.

Image source, REDCAR & CLEVELAND BOROUGH COUNCIL

Local Democracy Reporting Service

More than £300,000 was paid to GPs in Sunderland last year as part of a Golden Hello scheme.

The initiative, intended to boost the number of family doctors in the city, was handed out to 19 recruits in 2017/18.

The cash was available to medics who agreed to take up a post for a minimum of three years in a Sunderland practice and the incentive was taken up by 14 new GPs, as well as helping keep a further five in the city.

Speaking at today's Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group's (CCG) Primary Care Commissioning Committee, Dr Ian Pattison, a member of the CCG's governing body, said: "The longer a GP works in an area, the more likely they are to stay in that area.

"That's the problem with Golden Hellos - you don't know how successful it is, it's a blind measure."

According to a report prepared for the panel, the initiative spent £302,214 of a £400,000 budget, with each recruit eligible to receive up to £20,000 each.

Feedback painted a positive picture of the scheme, with most practices indicating it had helped attract more staff. However, some also felt the three year attachment was too long, while others thought it could have been better advertised.