1. Hundreds of empty buildings 'attracting squatters'published at 12:16 British Summer Time 11 October

    Middlesbrough Council warns empty businesses could attract squatters and anti-social behaviour.

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  2. Durham trio Bushnell, Glover and Gibson to leavepublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 11 October

    Durham's Jonathan Bushnell, Brandon Glover and Oliver Gibson will depart the club following the end of their contracts.

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  3. Newcastle Q&A: Do they need another striker?published at 10:52 British Summer Time 11 October

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  4. Newcastle Q&A: Why is Howe not playing Osula?published at 10:51 British Summer Time 11 October

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  5. Northern Lights dazzle in North East and Cumbriapublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 11 October

    Night skies offered the strongest showing of the phenomenon in the UK since May, claims BBC Weather.

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  6. Newcastle Q&A: What should be Mitchell's priority?published at 09:11 British Summer Time 11 October

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  7. Today's trivia challengepublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 11 October

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  8. Gossip: Magpies favourites to sign Semenyopublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 11 October

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  9. New estate road closure plans spark angerpublished at 06:31 British Summer Time 11 October

    Longbeck Road in Marske will be closed for three months from January while a junction is constructed.

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  10. McDonald's plan approved amid sex work objectionspublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 11 October

    Stockton Council gives the plans the go-ahead, despite fears over anti-social behaviour and pollution.

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  11. Work starts on £1m pothole prevention schemepublished at 06:25 British Summer Time 11 October

    Northumberland County Council approves an 18-week scheme preparing its roads for severe wet weather.

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  12. 'Pre-alerts' help fire service to speed accoladepublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 11 October

    The brigade uses a pre-alert system to shave seconds off its response time.

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  13. Man turns 80,000 matchsticks into Minsterpublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 11 October

    Clive Holmes and his daughter launch a social media appeal to find a new home for the model.

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  14. Sunderland's Connolly tells of his alcohol addictionpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 10 October

    Sunderland and Republic of Ireland striker Aaron Connolly talks openly about how alcohol addiction has blighted his career.

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  15. Gentoo considers evicting those involved in riotspublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 10 October

    The housing company is considering whether to take legal action against those involved in the unrest.

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  16. How did Le Bris begin to transform Sunderland?published at 18:03 British Summer Time 10 October

    Sunderland are top of the Championship under new boss Regis Le Bris. But how has the relatively unknown Frenchman started so well?

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  17. Boy, 15, arrested over disused cinema blazepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 10 October

    Cleveland Police say the 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of arson.

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  18. Tributes paid to author's 'empathy and respect'published at 15:58 British Summer Time 10 October

    Laura Fish's work is taught in universities worldwide and her third novel is about to be published.

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  19. Diamond desperate for Newcastle to get competitivepublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 10 October

    Ahead of facing his old club Sale Sharks, Newcastle Falcons director of rugby Steve Diamond wants a big improvement from the north east club.

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  20. Entire city centre CCTV network replacedpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 10 October

    Durham spends £141,000 on new cameras to get a clearer picture of anti-social behaviour.

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