Lawro's predictions v golfer Tommy Fleetwoodpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 5 May 2019
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on golfer Tommy Fleetwood in his Premier League predictions.
Read MoreLawro's predictions v golfer Tommy Fleetwoodpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 5 May 2019
Boro miss out on play-offs despite winpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 5 May 2019
Middlesbrough miss out on a Championship play-off place despite victory at relegated Rotherham.
Read MoreOrigi winner keeps Reds in title racepublished at 23:08 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Liverpool ensure the Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season as Divock Origi's late winner sees them beat Newcastle in a thriller.
Read MoreNewcastle relegated from Premiershippublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Newcastle are relegated to the Championship after a 28-19 defeat at play-off bound Gloucester.
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Listen: One-Day Cuppublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
The One-Day Cup continues with four fixtures - listen to live commentary.
Read MoreSpice Girls sell-out expected at Stadium of Lightpublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Colin Briggs
Look NorthThe Spice Girls' Sunderland concert next month is expected to be a 50,000 sell-out.
Chiefs at the Stadium of Light say ticket sales have exceed all expectations.
The concert, on 6 June, will also feature singer Jess Glynne.
Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner and Melanie Chisholm announced the reunion tour last November. Victoria Beckham will not be taking part.
Image source, Spice GirlsJailed son got father to deal heroinpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
The son sold drugs in prison and got his father to sell heroin on the outside.
Read MoreJailed paedophile was wanted in Australiapublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Barry Radford was not arrested over offences in New South Wales as he had moved back to the UK.
Read MoreRetail downturn blamed for Metrocentre owner's woespublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
BBC Business NewsThe owner of Gateshead's Metrocentre has cut its forecast for rental income, blaming the retail downturn.
Intu said 2019 would be "challenging" due to a rise in rescue deals, as stores struggle to pay rent.
It added that retailers were also delaying signing new leases due to "political and retail" uncertainty.
Intu said its like-for-like rental income for the year would fall by between 4-6%.
The firm also owns the Lakeside and Trafford Centre shopping centres.
Image source, IntuBenitez will not show Reds sentimentpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Newcastle United boss Rafael Benitez says his side will not be doing former club Liverpool any favours when they host the title-chasers on Saturday.
Read MoreHales' Notts return thwarted by weatherpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Alex Hales' planned return to Notts duty after his England omission is wrecked by rain as the One-Day Cup tie with Durham is abandoned.
Read MoreLabour's results 'unprecedented'published at 17:00 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
David MacMillan
BBC TeesLabour has suffered shocks before on Teesside: the Liberal Democrats taking Redcar from them in 2010, Tory Ben Houchen beating them to become Tees Valley Mayor and, of course, Hartlepool’s famous monkey mayor.
But to be so heavily rejected right across the region on the same day is unprecedented.
There’s no doubt national issues were a huge factor, with Brexit at the heart of many doorstep conversations.
But though the Labour Council leaders passionately defend their record over the last four years, particularly dealing with the impact of drastically falling budgets, there is surely little doubt that large sections of the Tees Valley public have lost faith with the party locally too.
Labour loses four councils and mayorpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Labour loses control of Hartlepool, Darlington and Stockton and the Middlesbrough mayor vote.
Read MoreRedcar council leader laments 'disaster' for loserspublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Redcar Labour council leader Sue Jeffrey said it had been a "disaster" for the councillors who lost their seats, but the loss was because of "Brexit and national politics", not local issues.
Labour wins mayoral race but loses votespublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Labour holds Sunderland, North and South Tyneside and Newcastle, but its share of the vote is down.
Read MoreNew mayor attacks 'dog-eat-dog ideology'published at 16:25 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
New North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll said in his victory speech: "Women born in the 1950s live with the chaos of seeing their pensions disappear and being told to get apprenticeships by an ignorant pensions minister.
"Our children have rejected the politics where hate crime is rising.
"When one of our citizens is hungry and homeless, we are all diminished.
"All of these crises have the same flaws. The dog-eat-dog ideology and an economic system that favours the interests of the ultra-rich of the working people who produce the wealth."
CBI outlines three priorities for new mayorpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
Sarah Glendinning, CBI North East director, said she was looking forward to working closely with new North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll "to create more jobs and investment in the region".
She added: “Now is the time to hit the ground running and start delivering on the needs of business and the wider community across the North of Tyne.
“Business has three priorities for the incoming Mayor: improving skills, upgrading creaking infrastructure and delivering a successful Local Industrial Strategy.
“The CBI will work with the Mayor to represent the region as a whole, providing a strong voice here, in Westminster and overseas.”
New mayor speaks after victorypublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
New North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll has spoken after his victory:
Quote MessageOur passengers have rejected a chaotic transport system, where they don’t know if the bus will turn up or the Metro will be running.
Quote MessageOur small business owners have rejected the insecurity of not knowing if corporations will pay their bills or escape tax.
Quote MessageThe people in our charities and voluntary sector have rejected the chaos of the funding system, where they don’t know what income they will have from year to year.
Quote MessageOrdinary working people have rejected the claims of living week-to-week not knowing if they can pay their bills while their debts mount. "
Labour loses 13 seats in Redcarpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 3 May 2019
BreakingRedcar and Cleveland Council has remained in no overall control after Labour lost 13 seats compared with 2015.
Independents won nine seats, with the Lib Dems picking up two seats and UKIP doing the same.