A Newcastle restaurant which served a meal containing nuts to a woman with a severe allergy has been fined.

The woman had informed staff at Dobson and Parnell of her allergy on two occasions, but despite this her pan-fried black cod dish contained nuts, causing her to have a serious anaphylactic shock.

Newcastle Magistrates Court was told the incident was due to a breakdown of communication between the customer and kitchen; a lack of memory function on the premises’ tills to store allergy information; no mention of nuts on the menu listing for the selected dish; and the pressure faced by staff during the busy Restaurant Week, last August.

The restaurant pleaded guilty at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court to selling unsafe food and was fined £4,000, ordered to pay £3,000 compensation to the victim and legal costs amounting to a total of £10,097.50.

Since then, the company has reviewed its practices, training and management of allergens and has been included on the Lifelabs’ list of Newcastle’s allergy and intolerance friendly restaurants.

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BBC Sport

Manchester United are Sunday's visitors at St James' Park following Newcastle's 5-o defeat by Leicester last weekend.

Speaking at his press conference this morning, manager Steve Bruce said facing them was always "a special occasion".

He said: "When you get beaten as badly as we did, you know what’s coming. The one thing you have to do is respond and look forward to the next game to erase it.

"When you get beaten in a certain manner, you have a good right to be angry. The most important thing is how you react to it and how you respond to it."

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Officers have seized a total of 30 prohibited weapons destined for addresses across the North East as part of an ongoing operation with the UK Border Force Agency.

Last month, officers from the North East Regional Special Operations Unit (NERSOU) were notified of 30 weapons intercepted at ports by UK Border Force staff.

These included a South Shields man who was visited by police after ordering a flick knife online.

Officers found gas-powered pellet pistols, a gas-powered pellet rifle, a large hunting knife and nunchucks.

All of these were surrendered to police.

A representative from NERSOU’s disruption team said: “We know that some knives and weapons are legal to own and we are not forcing people to surrender these.

“The purpose of these visits is simply to seize dangerous weapons which have been brought into the country illegally and to offer advice on what the law states with regards to buying items from overseas and make sure we prevent any unnecessary harm being caused.”

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BBC Newcastle

It appears steps are being taken by an American billionaire to help buy Newcastle United.

In the past few days, two firms have been registered by GACP Sports, run by Joseph DaGrosa, in the state of Delaware.

He's already the owner of French top-flight team, Bordeaux and is understood to be working with the British businessman Peter Kenyon on a £300m deal.

Companies named GACP Newcastle Management and GACP Newcastle Partners have been set up. Two firms of a similar name, relating to Bordeaux are already registered in Delaware.

BBC Tees

A Stockton mum says she was left "questioning her own sanity" as she fought to get her daughter diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Four doctors failed to diagnose Teissy Williams' daughter, Khiannah Williams, with Leigh syndrome - a neurological disorder that leads to death through respiratory failure.

Khiannah is three and the life expectancy for a child with the condition is, sadly, only four.

Teissy said: "From one we noticed she was sick quite a lot. Doctors just put it down to bugs. At that point she was doing everything a normal one-year-old would - sitting up and crawling.

"From one to two, she started to get fatigued and sluggish. From there she went from being able to walk to not walking. Now she probably says 'yes' and 'no' and that's it."

Today Claire Pugh, from Billingham, is putting herself through an intense fitness challenge to raise money for a special party on Sunday for Khiannah.

Detectives investigating a hit and run which left a man with serious injuries have asked Sunderland residents to check their CCTV footage.

The 33-year-old had to be placed in an induced coma after suffering serious injuries to his legs and spine, when he was struck by a car on Ramillies Road at 03:20 on Tuesday.

The vehicle - believed to be a silver Renault later found in a car park in Roedean Road - left the scene and police are attempting to track down the driver.

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Det Con Patrick Keenan, of Northumbria Police said: “At this stage, we believe those involved were known to each other and officers continue to carry out house-to-house inquiries as part of the ongoing investigation.

“The incident happened in a busy area of the city and a number of private CCTV cameras will have been in operation on the morning in question.

"We are now asking members of the public to check their footage and bring anything of interest forward to officers."

Ten-year-old Melissa Tate died the day after she was struck by a car in Newcastle last month.

England women's football team is in the region ahead of tomorrow's match in Middlesbrough.

The Lionesses are holding their training session today at Spennymoor Town Football Club.

They'll play Brazil at the Riverside Stadium tomorrow with kick-off at 12:45 and 30,000 tickets have been sold.

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BBC Newcastle

Organs from a 10-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car have helped save the lives of four other children, her family told BBC Newcastle.

Melissa Tate was struck by a car in the Kenton area of Newcastle on 25 September and died in hospital the next day.

Her nana Lisa Tara said the family was trying to get through things day by day and had "to think about all the positives Melissa left behind".

She urged more people to become donors.

Ms Tara said Melissa, known affectionately as Missy, told her family when she was aged just eight that she wanted to sign up as an organ donor.

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BBC Weather

It's set to be a cloudy and cool day with occasional spots of rain. However, a few brighter spells may develop later this afternoon.

Tonight will be largely dry with clear spells and areas of cloud. Patches of mist and fog are likely to form later in the night.

A serious crash earlier this morning has led to the closure of a road in North Yorkshire.

A car overturned on the northbound carriageway on the A19 near Crathorne.

It means the road northbound is currently completely closed from Ingleby Cross to Crathorne:

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BBC Local Live

Following the news Ineos could close its chemical plant at Seal Sands on Teesside, the government's told BBC Tees it's "following the situation closely".

More than 220 people are employed at the Ineos acrylonitrile manufacturing plant.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy says it's "very worrying news" for those staff but adds is hasn't been approached by the company for any financial help.

Ineos has blamed years of under-investment and the fact it'll cost almost £200m to make the site comply with environmental regulations.

Bosses are meeting with the Environment Agency today to start discussions on how to make the plant compliant with forthcoming emissions regulations.

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Thomas Howard and Thomas Baty died while on tour with Durham-based Clems Pirates RFC in May 2018.

Priti Patel orders a third inquiry into the Met's handling of the widely criticised Operation Midland.

Former employees say they have been through a "rollercoaster of emotions" since the collapse.

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Outbreaks of rain will spread from the west tonight, some heavy.

It will be windy for a time too but winds will ease towards morning. Milder than last night.

Tomorrow morning will be mostly cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle.

The afternoon will be largely dry, with a few brighter spells and moderate northeasterly winds.

Expect highs of 13C (55F).

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Three environmental activists marched to the offices of North Tyneside Council today in a bid to tackle climate change.

The trio walked up Silverlink North Road to Proctor and finished outside the offices of North Tyneside Council.

On of the marchers Cindy said: “We’re fortunate to have a good climate here in the North East but a lot of our communities are on the coast so rising sea levels would be bad news.

“In the global south people are already seeing the impact of climate change.”

North Tyneside Council declared climate emergency in July and committed to half its carbon footprint by 2027.

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Two men, aged 32 and 57, have been arrested after buildings in Bowesfield in Stockton had their windows smashed.

The incidents happened on 30 September between 22:30 and 23:00 at properties on Lawrence Street, Studley Road and Tarring Street.

Both men remain in custody.