Brit Award winning musician Sam Fender gets a surprise visit from his hero Alan Shearer and the two discuss their love of Newcastle United on MOTDx.

The 21-year-old woman is in a serious condition in hospital and her son is critically ill.

Matty Longstaff caps an impressive Premier League debut with the winning goal as Newcastle move out of the relegation zone and continue Manchester United's troublesome season.

Mark Lawrenson takes on athletics legend Michael Johnson to make predictions for the latest round of Premier League fixtures.

Teenager Odin Bailey saves Birmingham City's blushes as his late goal earns them a deserved win over Middlesbrough at St Andrew's.

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Daniel Holland
Local Democracy Reporter

Tyneside councils will miss the government’s deadline to finalise plans for cutting illegal levels of air pollution for a third time.

Ministers had threatened legal action against Newcastle, Gateshead, and North Tyneside councils if they do not submit their final designs for a controversial Clean Air Zone (CAZ) by 12 November.

But with a six-week public consultation on the latest plans yet to begin, that date will not be met – though the authorities insist the delay will ultimately have no impact on the anti-pollution tolls coming into force in January 2021.

Under the latest proposals, coaches, buses and lorries will be charged £50 daily to drive into Newcastle city centre if they do not meet emissions standards. High-polluting taxis and vans will also pay £12.50, but private cars have been made exempt for now.

Consultation on the plan was due to begin by the end of September, but the councils say that has been pushed back due to delays in legal advice.

Councillors should have been voting to approve the CAZ at meetings in early November, but that vote could now be pushed back to January unless a set of extraordinary meetings are scheduled before then.

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A coroner says drone footage was used to help find the bodies of John Mackay and Tommy Williams.

Dale Kelly is cleared of sexual assault as his parasomnia made him unaware of his actions.

Cpl Joshua Hoole died during an Army fitness test on a hot day in Brecon in July 2016.

A takeaway owner from Gateshead has thanked the pair who saved his life after he collapsed in his shop.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Alex Metcalfe

Highway bosses have revealed there are no plans to change road signs back to Teesside Airport despite concerns holidaymakers are getting lost.

Durham Tees Valley Airport reverted to its previous name of Teesside International Airport in July.

Worries about road signs bearing the old name were raised at Wednesday’s airport consultative committee.

Former airport owners Peel changed the name of the airport to Durham Tees Valley in 2004 and a raft of road signs were altered by councils and the Highways Agency. Handily, some of the old “Teesside” signs were never changed.

In response to the concerns, a spokeswoman for Highways England said: “We have no plans to change the signs at present – and we have not been approached about doing so.”

Oldham face Newcastle Thunder in the League 1 play-off final - listen to local radio commentary.

Steph Cleasby
BBC Look North

A mural celebrating one of Sunderland's most famous goals is taking shape next to the Stadium of Light.

Carlos Edwards' spectacular long-range shot against Burnley helped the Black Cats win promotion to the Premier League in 2007.

Fans voted it the most iconic moment in the club's Football League history and it is now being recreated by street artist Frank Styles (pictured).

It's part of a scheme put together by football chiefs and the charity Mind to promote World Mental Health Day next Thursday. The hope is football can be used to help fans talk about more difficult, personal topics.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Herbert Soden

An animal hospital will be opening in North Shields, despite fears over road safety and noise.

Plans to convert Lovaine House on Lovaine Terrace into a veterinary clinic were approved on Tuesday.

The revamp of the building entails pulling down an existing rear extension and replacing it with a two-storey extension as well as making internal alterations.

Residents submitted nine letters of objection to North Tyneside Council.

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The Lionesses will play to a sell out Riverside stadium when they take on Brazil tomorrow.

The Middlesbrough ground is expected to host a record attendance for the England women's team outside Wembley.

North East players Lucy Bronze, Steph Houghton, Jill Scott, Lucy Staniforth and Carley Telford are among Phil Neville's squad.

Fans are being advised to arrive early to avoid congestion on the roads and around the ground. There is more information here., external

A man and two young children were taken to hospital after the car they'd been travelling in was found flipped over in a ditch next to a busy North Yorkshire road this morning.

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The white car was spotted upside down in a ditch by an ambulance crew driving on the A19 northbound near Crathorne. They immediately started a rescue effort.

The driver, a man in his late 40s, was taken to hospital, along with a young boy and a young girl.

The front seat passenger, a 29-year-old woman, is believed to have escaped serious injury.

The road was closed for more than eight hours following the crash as investigations were carried out.

Any witnesses to the crash are being asked to get in touch with police.

BBC Tees

The former owner of a Middlesbrough scrapyard destroyed in a fire says he wants answers from the council over what he claims were lapses in security.

Zaf Quyoom sold his Jap Euro breakers yard to Middlesbrough Council in March 2018, after the local authority used a compulsory purchase order to buy the land.

The 700 cars on the site were never removed and earlier this week they were destroyed in a huge blaze.

Middlesbrough Council says Mr Quyoom failed to meet health and safety standards when removing the cars, adding the site was fully secured.

A coroner ruled Hilary Simmons died of natural causes contributed to by the stress of a shoplifter.

Teacher Tom Rawson is recognised for his efforts to help reduce littering along the Tweed.