Newcastle wing Mateo Carreras is banned for nine games after admitting intentional contact with the eye of Wasps' Josh Bassett.

A company wants to demolish an old shed but opponents say it is the last link to a historic railway.

About 10% of Middlesbrough care staff have turned down the offer, a health security panel is told.

Connor Lilley lost his job when the Covid-19 pandemic began but has found a new career path.

Tree felling is helping to restore an ancient ecosystem which can store even more carbon than trees do.

Paul Robson tells a court he tried to give first aid to his ex-partner who was lying motionless.

Health bosses hope to use data to map out where in Middlesbrough vaccine uptakes are lower.

Paul Robson denies murdering his ex and attempting to murder a boy she was unlawfully involved with.

Listen to BBC radio commentary from Saturday's action in the FA Trophy semi-finals and National League.

Durham sign New Zealand batsman Will Young for the first three games of the County Championship season.

North of Tyne Combined Authority approves funding for various projects including at the quay.

A company wants to demolish an old shed but opponents say it is the last link to a historic railway.

Andrew Stones was last seen five months ago and police are treating his disappearance as murder.

Newcastle United midfielder Isaac Hayden will miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury in Saturday's defeat at Brighton.

Hartlepool stretch their unbeaten run to 10 games with a 1-0 win at Dagenham that keeps their National League title hopes alive.

Locals complain Covid travel rules are being broken, but flying drones is not illegal, police say.

The BBC's Nick Robinson speaks to people in Newcastle, a year since the first lockdown was announced.

Paul Robson denies murdering his ex and attempting to murder a youth she was in a relationship with.

As the last Covid ward at Newcastle's RVI closes, one of the last patients is clapped out by staff.

Today marks a year on from the start of lockdown and we've been asking people to share the last "normal" picture they took ahead of everyone's lives changing.

We've been flooded with responses, external as people told us about what they'd been doing in the days before 23 March 2020.

Jean Egan Howes, from Redcar, sent us this photo from an aerial yoga session in Middlesbrough on 15 March 2020. She did three of the six sessions before lockdown started.

She said: “It was something I fancied trying and was great fun.”

Image source, JEAN EGAN HOWES