Delta variant drives North East case risespublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
Public health bosses are warning they expect further rises in cases of the Indian mutation.
Read MoreDelta variant drives North East case risespublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
Listen: National League play-off semi-final - Stockport County v Hartlepool Unitedpublished at 09:04 British Summer Time 12 June 2021
Listen to BBC Radio commentary as Stockport County host Hartlepool United in the National League play-off semi-finals.
Read MoreCurran fires Surrey to second T20 winpublished at 22:48 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
England all-rounder Sam Curran smashes an unbeaten 72 as Surrey's batsmen fire again to beat Somerset.
Read MoreGirl first in UK to get mobile heart devicepublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The machine allows 18-month-old Grace Westwood to spend several hours outside her hospital ward.
Read MoreWatford announce Fletcher signingpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Watford sign Middlesbrough striker Ashley Fletcher on a free transfer.
Read MoreListen: Saturday's Premiership commentariespublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Listen to BBC Radio commentary from the final day of the regular Premiership season.
Read MoreHollywood movie filming inspires kittens' namespublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
Four kittens born at the Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter have been named Harrison, Ford, Indiana and Jones, inspired by the latest Hollywood blockbuster being filmed in the region.
Their mum, Miley, was brought into the shelter as a heavily pregnant stray in March and the kittens arrived five days later.
Image source, Newcastle Dog & Cat ShelterThe very cute kittens will be rehomed once they're old enough.
Image source, Newcastle Dog & Cat ShelterMan's house wall crashed into seven timespublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The property in Marske was hit again this week, and the occupants then ran off.
Read MoreDramatic photos of Indiana Jones 5 filming at Bamburgh Castlepublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
As Hollywood star Harrison Ford continues to be spotted out and about in the region, filming for the new Indiana Jones 5 movie was under way at Bamburgh Castle last night.
Press Association photographer Owen Humphreys took these dramatic pictures of a scene being filmed on the Northumberland coast.
People in the nearby village were warned in advance there would be "atmospheric smoke, special effects fireworks and flares and gunfire sounds".
Image source, Owen Humphreys / PA Media
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Image source, Owen Humphreys / PA MediaNewcastle researchers help at-risk penguin speciespublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
A team of Northumbria University researchers is helping to develop a vaccine for an infection that has been killing off rare penguins in New Zealand.
Numbers of yellow-eyed penguins (pictured below) are dwindling due to outbreaks of a diphtheria-like infection which is not treatable with antibiotics and is fatal to chicks.
Image source, Northumbria UniversityThe team, led by Dr Vartul Sangal, has identified a species of bacteria causing the infections and is hoping a vaccine can be developed to help protect the species from potential extinction.
Melanie Young, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, said: “Avian diphtheria has affected up to 93% of hoiho chicks in their northern range for more than 20 years, with the disease being fatal if left untreated."
Bid for 2025 City of Culture prize droppedpublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
The plan was first mooted in 2015 but "apprehension" and the impact of Covid have cooled interest.
Read MoreFire at derelict pub closes Newcastle roadpublished at 08:28 British Summer Time 11 June 2021
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.
Image source, TWRSCost of council cyber-attack over-estimatedpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 10 June 2021
Redcar and Cleveland Council says the financial impact was lower than the predicted £10.4m.
Read MoreWalk-in test sites to move to areas of 'higher need'published at 17:15 British Summer Time 10 June 2021
The mobile units were set up last month after a surge of the Delta, or so-called Indian, variant.
Read MoreFalcons sign Palframan & Merrickpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 10 June 2021
Newcastle Falcons sign prop Richard Palframan and lock George Merrick from Worcester Warriors on two-year deals.
Read MoreCharity launched in BBC presenter's memorypublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 10 June 2021
A campaign to help bereaved children is announced on the day of Lisa Shaw's funeral.
Read MoreMan held over sexual assault of Stockton joggerpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 10 June 2021
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.
Image source, GooglePetition in protest at hospital service shake-uppublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 10 June 2021
Campaigners calling for return of services to South Tyneside Hospital hand in a petition in London.
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