Tyler James paid an initial £400 fee for organising the event but has now received a £10,000 fine.

Listen to BBC radio commentary from Saturday's action in the National League.

James Rutherford is sentenced for the manslaughter of Andrew Saint in Bedlington last year.

Matthew Hedges says he is "still waiting for justice" after being imprisoned for spying in 2018.

Christopher Rawding siphoned off payments to the global sportswear brand while he worked for them.

Three men died and a fourth had to go to hospital after taking what is thought to be Spice.

We take a look at the Covid safety measures in place at a polling station in Newcastle.

Millions go to the polls on Thursday, leaving the big parties with much to think about.

A cordon is being set up around little terns nesting on the beach at Seaton Carew.

Organisers say "operational challenges" led them to the "difficult decision".

The annual, four-day arts and street theatre festival which attracts thousands of people to Stockton-on-Tees will go ahead at the end of July, organisers say.

If the government's roadmap out of lockdown stays on track the Stockton International Riverside Festival will take place from Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August.

The carnival theme is “Junk for Joy” and it is hoped hundreds of young people, musicians and street performers will be able to dance and sing their way along Stockton High Street.

Last year's festival was held online because of the Covid pandemic.

Image source, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

West Lane Hospital was closed by inspectors in 2019 following the deaths of two teenagers.

Three people have died after taking what is thought to be the drug Spice, police say.

The group had plotted to sell cocaine across the north-east of England.

More than 100 people failed to show up for their coronavirus vaccination in Darlington in just one day, it has emerged.

In total 129 people failed to arrive for their second dose on Sunday at a centre managed by the Darlington Primary Care Network.

The clinic only had three days to use the Pfizer vaccine once it was delivered, so it meant GPs had to contact people on the waiting list to ensure the vaccinations were not wasted.

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There have also been a number of no shows across Northumberland.

In one case, an appointment wasn't kept because the person said "the weather is nice and I'm off to the beach".

Jane Lothian from the Northumberland Local Medial Committee, which represents GPs in the county, said: "It's disappointing for all my colleagues in primary care who have been working night and day literally to deliver this vaccine programme.

"Over the last few weeks since we've moved to calling in younger people.

"There's been a small but significant number of people just not turning up when they had their vaccine appointments. With the Pfizer vaccines it obviously has a very short shelf life so if people are booked in and they don't turn up then potentially the vaccine is wasted."

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