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Middlesbrough release full-back Dijksteelpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 16 May

Middlesbrough release full-back Anfernee Dijksteel after six seasons with the club.

Drug driver 'blighted' pensioners' lives in crashpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 16 May

Drug-fuelled Steven Ormston went on a 90-minute rampage in his van before crashing head-on into a car.

Music festival delayed over scheduling conflictspublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 16 May

The event, headlined by Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon, will be held at the Hoppings site in August.

RAF brought in to battle wildfirepublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 16 May

The blaze, in Wark forest, Northumberland, began on Tuesday afternoon and lasted for two days.

Nissan says it could share global plants with Chinese state firmpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 16 May

Nissan announced this week that it would lay off another 11,000 workers and shut seven factories.

Howe on Botman, 'frustration' and club crest proposalspublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 16 May

Work to 'stop decline' at WW1 museum under waypublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 16 May

Hartlepool's Heugh Battery Museum is undergoing almost £500,000 of repairs.

Which teams can secure Champions League this weekend?published at 09:32 British Summer Time 16 May

Gossip: Magpies monitor Borussia Dortmund duopublished at 07:14 British Summer Time 16 May

Franz Ferdinand and Adele Sandé to open music yearpublished at 06:15 British Summer Time 16 May

Sunderland kicks off 12 months of music events with the return of two children of the city.

Meet the apprentices restoring the Tyne Bridgepublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 16 May

The workers restoring the Tyne Bridge include two generations following in grandad's footsteps.

Sam Fender honoured with hometown freeman titlepublished at 22:25 British Summer Time 15 May

The singer-songwriter from North Shields is dubbed "a proper 21st century Geordie icon".

Pair re-arrested over death of two-year-old girlpublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 15 May

Police say their investigation continues into the death of the girl found injured on Easter Monday.

Marcus Stewart departs Yeovil after MND diagnosispublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 15 May

Ex-striker Marcus Steward leaves his role at Yeovil Town FC after being diagnosed with MND in 2022.

England bowler Carse to make Durham comebackpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 15 May

Brydon Carse is included in Durham's squad to play Nottinghamshire as he targets England's Test series with India next month.

More pupils auto-enrolled for free school mealspublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 15 May

The move by Newcastle City Council follows similar schemes by other authorities including Durham.

Ben Houchen quizzed on Teesworks in hotseat published at 15:55 British Summer Time 15 May

Callers ask the Tees Valley Mayor about his involvement in the site in a BBC interview.

Diamond hails 'remarkable' resilience at Newcastlepublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 15 May

Consultant director of rugby Steve Diamond describes morale as "remarkably high" at Newcastle Falcons for an "unremarkable season".

Killer dad's sentence was 'humane' - appeal judgespublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 15 May

Simon Vickers is serving a minimum of 15 years for stabbing his 14-year-old daughter to death.

Play-off final set for 3pm kick-offpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 15 May

Sheffield United and Sunderland fans have discovered the time the Championship play-off final on 24 May will kick-off.

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