Sunderland defender Dan Ballard says he visualised Didier Drogba's Champions League final goal for Chelsea before replicating it to send Sunderland to Wembley.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Notts lost 7-110 during the afternoon session and didn't look long for this world. But skipper Haseeb Hameed and Brett Hutton had other ideas.

Their ninth-wicket partnership is currently worth 85 runs and they have steered Notts to two extra batting points in the process.

Back in April Durham's bowlers could only look on as Josh Tongue and Lyndon James put on a ninth-wicket stand of 96 at TRent Bridge, something which would prove costly later in the game.

Hutton now has 26 and Hameed 168. The new ball has just been taken, but could these two see the day out for the visitors? There are 16 overs left today.

The aim of the work is to make Durham's bus stops "safer, more accessible and more welcoming".

Four Premier League clubs have been warned by the Gambling Commission over their relationship with an unlicensed gambling business.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham only took one wicket before lunch, with Notts 133-1 at the break. But closing in to tea they are now seven down.

Codi Yusuf has taken four of the wickets to fall this afternoon, as he saw off Freddie McCann for 26 and Joe Clarke for one. McCann was caught behind while Clarke was bowled.

He also claimed the wickets of Kyle Vereynne for 41 and Lyndon James for 21. They were caught behind too.

Brydon Carse saw off Jack Haynes for one. He was caught and bowled. Meanwhile Liam Patterson-White was bowled for a third-ball duck by George Drissell.

At the other end Haseeb Hameed has led a bit of a charmed life. The inside edge of his bat has been in regular use as he's struggled to time the ball. He's on 108 but has nearly chopped on a number of times.

Kevin Wood, 38, struck the victim 50 times with punches, kicks, and beer cans, police say.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham only took one wicket in the morning session, as Notts reached the lunch break on 133-1.

That was from 29 overs of play. But by the time they reached the end of the 35th they were four down!

Codi Yusuf had Freddie McCann caught down the leg side by the keeper on 26. In his next over he bowled Joe Clarke for one.

Brydon Carse then showed great reactions to remove Jack Haynes for one. He was caught and bowled from a delivery which came back off the toe of the bat.

Carse has been bowling well in his first game of the season and in the last over he nearly had Haseeb Hameed three balls in a row.

The first of them whistled past off stump. There was little in it. The next two were played onto the back foot and ricocheted away to safety.

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

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

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

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

They're playing on a green top here, but despite Durham putting Notts in, there was little doing for the bowlers in the first hour or so.

Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater put on an opening stand of 104 before a wicket fell, as Slater edged 17-year-old James Minto to the keeper on 52.

It's Minto's third championship match and comes in the week the Norton Cricket Club player signed a two-year rookie contract. The left-armer has got the ball to seam around and has looked sharp.

As for Slater, it was the 58th time he'd passed 50 in FC cricket and the ninth against Durham. Hameed has 48.

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

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

The South African batsman David Bedingham was named in the squad for this one and looked set for a return, having suffered a fractured toe in April. But he isn't playing, I gather at the request of Cricket South Africa.

They are planning ahead for the World Test Championship against Australia next month. Interestingly South African keeper Kyle Verreynne is playing for Notts though.

Sam Conners was also listed in the Durham squad for the first time but doesn't feature. Matty Potts is with England, along with Notts' Josh Tongue, while Australian bowler Brendan Doggett's short spell has come to an end.

In comes 17-year-old bowler James Minto. He signed a new two-year rookie contract this week and is playing in his third championship game.

It is a nice sunny day in the North East but breezy with it.

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

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

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

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