1. Missing man's mum makes 10th anniversary appealpublished at 19:09 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Police are treating the disappearance of Scott Fletcher in May 2011 as murder.

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  2. Mayor faces down calls for his resignationpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Five members of Middlesbrough's executive resign saying they have lost confidence in Andy Preston.

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  3. Man admits killing teenager who vanished in 2002published at 16:45 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    The remains of 19-year-old Rachel Wilson were found in 2012, a decade after she was last seen alive.

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  4. Rats, faeces and sewage strewn over streetpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Footage shows the dead animals and mess all over a street in Wallsend following heavy rain.

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  5. Injured Wilson to miss last three gamespublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Newcastle striker Callum Wilson will miss the final three games of the season with a hamstring injury.

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  6. Winger Stevenson signs new Falcons dealpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Winger Ben Stevenson signs a new two-year deal with Newcastle Falcons to run until the end of 2022-23.

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  7. Newcastle Council leader survives challengepublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Rival Byker councillor Nick Kemp fails in his bid at the Labour group's AGM to take over the role.

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  8. 'We had a parade after losing two FA Cup finals'published at 05:57 British Summer Time 11 May 2021

    Former striker Alan Shearer recalls how Newcastle United held an open-top bus parade despite losing the FA Cup final in 1998 and 1999

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  9. Cannabis farm found in disused churchpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    A cannabis farm has been discovered at a former church in Bishop Auckland.

    Acting on a tip-off, officers raided St Peter's last night, and found 1,200 plants, along with men in the process of moving them out.

    Four men have been arrested and are in police custody.

    Insp Peter Lonsdale of Durham Constabulary, said: "We will always do everything we can to disrupt the chain of illegal drugs and that's exactly what we did."

    The church closed for worship in December 2013.

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  10. Charity project targeted by 'mindless' vandalspublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Vandals left a trail of destruction when the broke into a nursery at Middlesbrough Environment City.

    The charity had set up a project to help people with their mental health and wellbeing and volunteers had spent weeks growing seedlings which were ready to be planted.

    But when workers arrived this morning they found trays of plants tossed on the floor and overturned tables.

    Damage causedImage source, Middlesbrough Environment City

    Staff and volunteers managed to salvage about 80% of the plants but say the timing of the vandalism - at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week - is awful.

    Damaged plantsImage source, Middlesbrough Environment City
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    What joy do people get out of causing damage like this? It's just mindless vandalism."

    Nicky Morgan, Middlesbrough Environment City

  11. Dog walker rescued from waist-deep mudpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    A dog owner stuck waist deep in the river bank at Maiden Castle in Durham has been rescued by firefighters.

    The water rescue team from Durham fire station and crews from Spennymoor were called to the scene earlier this afternoon.

    The dog's owner had gone into the river Wear to rescue their pet Sonny.

    Firefighters used throw lines to rescue the owner and the dog.

    Rescued dog owner and SonnyImage source, CDFRS
  12. Government accused of freeport tariffs blunderpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Manufacturers based in the new economic zones could miss out on key markets, Labour says.

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  13. North East's 2021 local elections were 'unique'published at 13:56 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Analysis

    Richard Moss
    Political editor, North East & Cumbria

    From masked counting of votes to a mayoral candidate getting Covid, 2021’s local elections in the North East were unique.

    But in many ways they marked a continuation of political trends that pre-date the pandemic.

    Any hopes Labour had of a rapidly bouncing back from losses suffered in the 2019 General Election have been blown away. The party’s 2021 losses were often in the same areas where they struggled then.

    The situation in the Teesside area looks particularly serious.

    The loss of another MP to the Conservatives in Hartlepool - Jill Mortimer (pictured) is the town's first Tory MP in the current constituency's history - a landslide victory for Ben Houchen in the mayoral race, and another clear Tory win in the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner election bear the stamp of a long term shift in loyalties.

    The area’s remaining two Labour MPs will be worried they could be next.

    Jill MortimerImage source, PA Media

    Then there was Labour’s loss of Durham County Council after almost a century of control.

    Defeats again often came in communities which have Conservative MPs. Places like Ferryhill, Spennymoor, and Tudhoe now have Tory councillors - something once unthinkable.

    Sunderland could be next - another year of losses leaves Labour’s hold looking fragile. The party’s three MPs may be feeling edgy.

    Labour’s crumbs of comfort came through retention of police commissioner posts in Northumbria and Durham, and continuing dominance in Tyneside.

    The Conservative vote rose there too, but they could not break back into the council chambers of Newcastle and Gateshead.

    But the scale of Tory advances elsewhere mean that is of little concern to the party. Instead any pressure on the big winners of 2021 will be about delivery.

    Where once they were the insurgents, they are now the establishment. Voters may give them time to deliver on promises of investment, but eventually blaming opponents for problems in the communities they now represent will be less convincing.

  14. Labour leader resigns over disappointing resultspublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Durham County Council's Labour group is expected to elect Simon Henig's replacement at the weekend.

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  15. Middlesbrough's European odyssey - 15 years onpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    A small town with no European pedigree, Middlesbrough produced a series of heroic comebacks to reach the Uefa Cup final 15 years ago.

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  16. Veteran chief whip among Labour reshuffle casualtiespublished at 09:02 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Richard Moss
    Political editor, North East & Cumbria

    Among those affected by Sir Keir Starmer's shake-up of his team after poor election results in England is highly-experienced chief whip Nick Brown.

    The Newcastle East MP is replaced by the Tynemouth MP Alan Campbell.

    This may be the last shadow cabinet hurrah for a chief whip who served Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer.

    For four different leaders to make you chief whip indicates how highly his skills were valued.

    A spokesman for Mr Brown (pictured) said the MP thought it was "a reasonable time for Nick to move on", adding he and Sir Keir had "parted on good terms, with mutual respect".

    Nick BrownImage source, UK PARLIAMENT

    The two other North East Shadow Cabinet members remain in post - Middlesbrough's Andy McDonald as Shadow Employment Rights Secretary and Houghton and Sunderland South MP Bridget Phillipson as Shadow Chief Secretary.

  17. Latest updates from North East England Livepublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Bringing you the latest news from across the North East from Monday 10 May to Friday 14 May 2021

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  18. Four-game ban for Oxford boss Robinsonpublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Oxford United boss Karl Robinson receives a four-game touchline ban after being found guilty of improper conduct against Sunderland.

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  19. Sunderland 1-1 Northampton Townpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Sunderland will face Lincoln in the League One play-offs after finishing the regular season with a 1-1 draw against relegated Northampton.

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  20. 'Labour clearly needs to do a deal'published at 14:08 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

    Richard Moss
    Political editor, North East & Cumbria

    With Labour losing overall control of Durham County Council for the first time in a century, discussions will need to take place.

    The party lost 21 seats in Thursday's vote leaving it with 53 of the authority's 126 councillors - 11 short of a majority.

    Independents and smaller parties won 31 seats, a collective gain of three.

    The Conservatives secured 24 seats, a gain of 14, with the Liberal Democrats taking a total of 17 across the county, up three.

    Labour clearly needs to do a deal with someone. The Lib Dems or some of the independents seems most likely.

    There's not really a rainbow coalition as an alternative to Labour minority admin.

    Durham County HallImage source, Durham County Council