1. Couple praised for battling river's giant hogweedpublished at 06:07 BST 12 September

    David and Ros Butler have been cleared the "vile" plant from the banks of the Tees for 13 years.

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  2. First teens move into £20m house-building collegepublished at 06:06 BST 12 September

    The Housing Innovation & Construction Skills Academy opens to hundreds of pupils for its first term.

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  3. The acid attack that drove Newcastle's Wissa to succeedpublished at 22:31 BST 11 September

    Yoane Wissa showed a "determination to succeed" after being a victim of an acid attack in 2021 - and that drive has been a constant factor in the career of Newcastle's new signing.

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  4. 'Edible playgrounds' a chance to grow confidencepublished at 19:58 BST 11 September

    Three primary schools in Sunderland turn their outdoor areas into fruit and vegetable patches.

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  5. Hartlepool bring in forward Oliverpublished at 19:39 BST 11 September

    Vadaine Oliver, released by Bradford City at the end of last season, joins National League Hartlepool United.

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  6. NUST 'welcome' club's ticket actionpublished at 17:52 BST 11 September

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  7. 'Tougher action' on wild camping after beach firepublished at 17:38 BST 11 September

    A council looks at ways to deter rulebreakers following a huge blaze at a coastal beauty spot.

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  8. Raine & Potts secure draw for Durham at Essexpublished at 17:32 BST 11 September

    Ben Raine and Matthew Potts resist with the bat to earn Durham a County Championship draw at Essex.

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  9. Embroidery exhibition honours pioneering railwaypublished at 17:26 BST 11 September

    Members of Darlington Stitch and Create have made 80 pieces of art for the S&DR anniversary.

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  10. Play to resume at 4.46pmpublished at 16:36 BST 11 September

    Durham 143-7 lead Essex by 19

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    The groundstaff have done a great job mopping up after the thunderstorm which hit Chelmsford just before 3pm.

    Play is set to resume at 4.46pm and we have a minimum of 9.5 overs to go. Durham are ahead by 19 runs and there would need to be a change of innings if Essex are win.

    They obviously need three quick wickets, but if Durham get to within three overs of the end of the game it's job done.

    They could end being nine down and lose that final wicket in that third last over, but they would have saved the game because there would be no time for a re-start.

  11. Woltemade or Wissa: Who should start v Wolves?published at 16:33 BST 11 September

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  12. Man arrested over fire at Labour MP's officepublished at 15:54 BST 11 September

    A spokesperson for Sharon Hodgson says the MP "will not be deterred".

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  13. Who did a Raine dance?published at 15:13 BST 11 September

    Durham 143-7 v Essex

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    The end of the world has arrived in Chelmsford. We have torrential rain, thunder and lightning and it's almost dark.

    The radar suggested a really big storm was heading our way and would not pass for about two hours.

    Essex' hopes of a win are being thwarted by rain and Raine. Ben Raine and Matty Potts both have 25 runs and have added 47 to the Durham total so far. They have also staved off an innings defeat.

    At 143-7 Durham lead by 19 runs. While Essex will be hoping to get back on the field later, the weather may actually end their hopes of victory.

    For Durham, it would stave off an embarrassing defeat in a game where they had been 189-1 on day one.

  14. Plans to move businesses from market hall droppedpublished at 15:12 BST 11 September

    Business owners are told they can still move into alternative premises if they want to.

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  15. 'Outstanding' McCabe impresses Argyle boss Cleverleypublished at 14:51 BST 11 September

    Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley is impressed by new loanee Law McCabe in his first full week at the club.

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  16. Le Bris on team news, new signings and scoring latepublished at 14:27 BST 11 September

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  17. Newcastle cancel school's tickets for Barca gamepublished at 14:24 BST 11 September

    Newcastle United cancel tickets purchased by a Scottish school for next week's Champions League game against Barcelona.

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  18. Durham facing innings defeatpublished at 13:39 BST 11 September

    Durham 77-5 trail Essex by 47

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Colin Ackermann's time in the middle was rather brief.

    He was on five runs when he decided to cut a delivery from Simon Harmer, but half way through the shot he seemed to change his mind and ended up edging to Dean Elgar at first slip.

    It was not the start Durham wanted after lunch and I am not sure they will be here come tea either - unless it rains.

    They are also not making any progress in terms of runs, so they remain nearly 50 behind. Tea is at 3.10pm and that seems a long way off from here.

  19. Durham have their work cut out in Chelmsfordpublished at 12:07 BST 11 September

    Durham 45-3 v Essex

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    I couldn't see any point in Essex continuing with their first innings today, given so much time was lost in this game to the weather yesterday.

    However, the talk around the ground was about how they would bat on. Yet 15 minutes before the start of day four the declaration was announced, with the hosts 124 ahead at 457-8.

    The bowling conditions were also good. It's cold, overcast and windy. Very autumnal.

    It was a good decision because in no time they had both openers gone. Alex Lees fell for five and Emilio Gay for 13, both LBW to Jamie Porter in consecutive overs from The Gooch End.

    Ben McKinney and David Bedingham restored a bit of calm before McKinney left a ball from Simon Harmer and was bowled on 11. Durham trail by 79 runs.

  20. 'Big' tree planned for Christmas celebrationpublished at 11:33 BST 11 September

    Fulwell will have a new tree after last year's was damaged by vandals who stripped its decorations.

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