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

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.

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.

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.

Council finance chiefs had previously said they "were not in a position" to help everyone.

Michael Brown from Amble in Northumberland was infected with coronavirus at the very start of the pandemic.

He worked as lorry driver and said he was normally "as fit as a lop until I caught this virus".

He hasn't been able to work since he fell ill and was taken to hospital. He said it's been a horrible experience: "I did ask them to let me die at one point as I was so ill, because I was fed up of the pain and everything."

Since then he's been in and out of hospital for treatment and has been told he has long Covid.

He said: "I'm aching from head to toe, with a bad head and a load of other things. The only place I haven't got any pain is in my chest, I can't stop coughing and I'm very, very weak, very short of breath."

Gateshead's Millennium Bridge will turn yellow tonight marking the anniversary since the first national lockdown and Marie Curie's National Day of Reflection.

A minute's silence will be held twice today to reflect on the collective loss and support those who have been bereaved.

Image source, Gateshead Council

A year since lockdown was announced, we look at how life in the North East and Cumbria was affected.

Front-line health workers talk about the strain of the last year and their hopes for the future.

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