Have you seen Joseph Burns? Police say they're concerned for his welfare after he went missing yesterday morning.

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The 74-year-old is believed to be in the Catterick Garrison area.

He is described as 6ft tall, with white hair and a white beard.

Mr Burns was last seen wearing a brown quilted jacket, cream trousers and brown walking boots.

If you have any information about his whereabouts, please get in touch with police.

The local elections this week will be the first time candidates can choose not to publish home addresses.

One alleged victim said Mr Waite looked like a "rather badly dressed flasher".

Sunderland's back-to-back relegations come at a cost of £19.9m in pre-tax losses for the 2017-18 campaign, up from £10.3m.

Managerless non-league Darlington "guarantee" an interview to any "suitably qualified" female or BAME coach.

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This evening there will be some late sunshine. Tonight will then be dry with lengthy clear periods.

After midnight, mist, fog and low cloud may start to form under the light winds.

Minimum Temperature: 2 to 5C (36 to 41F).

Tomorrow will be dry throughout. There will be some mist, fog and low cloud and this should lift to leave some sunshine and variable cloud. More cloud likely than today.

Maximum Temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).

A CCTV image of a woman who is said to have demanded cash from a man is released by police.

The production company behind children's play Dear Zoo has had to cancel all its UK shows - including at Durham's Gala Theatre and Darlington Hippodrome - after its tour van was stolen.

The heavily-branded van containing £50,000 worth of props and staging was stolen in Peterborough on Saturday.

Producer Chris Davis said "thousands of children will be disappointed" as all 56 remaining shows had been cancelled.

He said five actors and the stage manager would have to be made redundant because of the cancellations.

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A woman who has been denied medicinal cannabis on the NHS says she will risk prison by growing the drug herself.

Carly Barton, from Brighton, has the neurological condition fibromyalgia and said cannabis was the only treatment that helped relieve her symptoms.

Her cannabis prescription was blocked because doctors said there was not enough evidence to support its medical use.

Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg says they do not pursue people for using the drug for medicinal purposes.

The Great North Air Ambulance Service has moved to a new base.

The relocation will bring crews, fundraising and admin staff together at a centre at Urlay Nook, Eaglescliffe.

The fundraising team from Newton Aycliffe and Darlington's head office staff will also work from the site.

The move will save about £120,000 a year on the three existing locations which can be "better spent on frontline care and improving our service", a spokesman for the charity said.

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It's feared the cost of repairing a 1960s-built church in Middlesbrough could be too high.

Yesterday saw the final Sunday service at St Agnes in Easterside before they move a community hub.

Only smaller weekday services will be held at the church while consultations are held over its future.

Reverend Andy Grant said: "It's a unique building and a fantastic space inside, but over time it's become clear the materials used for the major part of the construction have deteriorated beyond repair."

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Voters will choose a mayor for the new authority, which covers Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside.

Services on the Tyne and Wear Metro between Benton and St James are to remain suspended for the rest of today and into tomorrow.

The problem arose after two sections of overhead line came down.

A total of 600m (2,000ft) of line has come down between Palmersville and West Monkseaton, causing damage to masts in the area. A 500m (1,600ft) section is also down at Chillingham Road.

Nexus, which owns and manages the Metro, says the extent of the damage is significant. A frequent replacement bus service and ticket acceptance on local bus services is in place.

Replacement buses are running between Four lane Ends and North Shields.

Fire service officials believe the fire started in the kitchen of the house in North Shields.

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Now, they were trying to set the world record for the fastest females to run the London Marathon dressed as toiletery items.

And we're told that Katie Simpson and Fiona Henderson, from Eaglescliffe, completed yesterday's event in about three hours, 51 minutes. The pair are now waiting for their attempts to be ratified.

Hopefully they'll have less trouble than the runner dressed as Big Ben who got stuck at the finish line.

Lukas Bates, from Maidstone, Kent, tried to get into the Guinness World Records Book for fastest marathon time dressed as a landmark.

The 30-year-old needed help from a race volunteer to complete the marathon after the top of his Big Ben costume clipped the top of the finish line arch.

An elderly woman has died in a fire at a house in North Shields.

Firefighters and an ambulance arrived at the house in Dorset Avenue, Chirton Grange, on Saturday afternoon.

The fire, which was in the kitchen, had already been put out.

There was fire and smoke damage to the kitchen and smoke damage to the rest of the house. Paramedics confirmed that the woman had died.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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A mother was left scarred for life after a celebratory glamping trip turned into a nightmare when she was hit by a car., external

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Shoppers are being warned they could face jail over "naïve" purchases of stun guns, imitation firearms and offensive weapons.

Northumbria Police say they had seen an increase in the number of overseas parcels containing offensive weapons being delivered to the North East.

In the past year, a total of 219 parcels have been seized by UK Border force staff. Most came from outside the UK.

Of those 21 packages contained Tasers, which are banned in this country. Possession of a Taser carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.

Police officers have been working alongside border force officials to trace people buying the items and have made a number of arrests. Police Cautions have been issued and some cases have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for progression through the courts.

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