Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a disused building in Newcastle.

It started on Thursday afternoon in the derelict bar which was known as Stereo on City Road.

The A186 is closed westbound between the Gibson Street and Forster street junctions due to safety concerns.

It's not the first time there's been a blaze at the site, in 2019 the building was damaged in a suspected arson attack.

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Relive Friday's T20 Blast as Middlesex's Chris Green takes a hat-trick in a losing cause against Kent.

Redcar and Cleveland Council says the financial impact was lower than the predicted £10.4m.

The mobile units were set up last month after a surge of the Delta, or so-called Indian, variant.

Newcastle Falcons sign prop Richard Palframan and lock George Merrick from Worcester Warriors on two-year deals.

A campaign to help bereaved children is announced on the day of Lisa Shaw's funeral.

A man has been arrested over the sexual assault of a woman who was jogging in Ingleby Barwick.

It happened on Tuesday at about 13:30 BST as the woman was running along the path between Lowfields Avenue and Ingleby Way.

The 28-year-old man is being questioned by detectives.

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Campaigners calling for return of services to South Tyneside Hospital hand in a petition in London.

The woman was detained at the same time as PC Wayne Couzens, who admits kidnapping Sarah Everard.

The actor is filming the new Indiana Jones movie at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.

Cleveland Police says a 25-year-old man is being held in connection with the death.

The authority initially said the statue will be amended, but leader Shane Moore later denies this.

With the launch of The Hundred on the horizon, the T20 Blast begins on Wednesday with the aim of providing fireworks of its own.

A psychiatrist from Wylam will be helping Team GB athletes with their mental health during the Tokyo Olympics, which are due to start next month.

Alan Currie, (pictured below) who works for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW), was selected for the role as a result of his work with the mental health panel of the English Institute of Sport.

He will not be travelling to Tokyo but will offer support remotely leading up to, during and after the competition.

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The Olympics will be very different because of the pandemic. Athletes will be in isolation, will not be able to mix with team-mates and will return home after competing, rather than spending time in Tokyo.

Alan said there are lots of things to consider: “There’s the possibility of testing positive for Coronavirus.

"An athlete might qualify for a final and then have a positive test and be unable to compete, we will need to deal with the emotional fallout of that, and that a potentially once-in-a-lifetime chance is gone.”

This will be the first Olympics since Team GB’s mental health panel has been in place.

Professor Alice Roberts with the very best in British archaeology 2016 - filmed by the archaeologists themselves, straight from the trenches, so you can see each exciting discovery as it happens. The teams then bring their best finds - from skeletons to treasure - back to the Digging for Britain lab, to examine them with Alice and reveal how they are changing the story of Britain.

This episode is from the north of Britain, where finds include: evidence for the first Roman siege in Britain, including the biggest cache of Roman bullets discovered anywhere; Britain's most famous monastery - Lindisfarne - rediscovered for the first time since it was violently sacked by the Vikings 1,000 years ago; and the incredible discovery of the ancient Scottish man-made islands that entirely rewrite our understanding of Stone Age tech.

Professor Alice Roberts explores some of this year's most exciting archaeological finds from the north of Britain. Each discovery comes straight from the site, filmed by the archaeologists themselves. Alice discovers the well-preserved writing tablets, swords and domestic items left by Romans at Vindolanda during a time of British rebellion. On the Scottish island of Iona, there are traces of a long-lost monastery and pilgrimage site that was originally built by the legendary Saint Columba, and has been compared to Jerusalem. In the east of Scotland, a weapons hoard belonging to a wealthy Bronze Age warrior is unearthed.