It forms the latest proposal for Sunderland's Sheepfolds area.

A petition to relocate the town's Christmas tree to the town centre gets more than 750 signatures.

The owners of a coffee shop in Stockton say they have seen footfall drop significantly.

The urgent treatment centre in Newcastle's West End will not reopen, it is announced.

A deal has been agreed for the Darlington store to stay open.

Luton and Sunderland are fined by the Football Association for a mass confrontation at the end of their Championship game last month.

Middlesbrough go into the international break on the back of nine goals scored in successive wins over QPR and Luton Town.

Former Black Cats defender Gary Bennett analyses where Sunderland went wrong as they let slip a 2-0 lead to draw with Coventry.

UK Border Force find 25kg of cocaine in a Darlington man's suitcase after he flies in from Mexico.

A Byker family have been told to leave the UK amid an ongoing application for settled status.

Surrender bins are placed in 10 police stations so people can give up knives "safely and securely".

The service replicates one held in1949 to unveil a plaque to men from Ryhope Grammar School

Middlesbrough midfielder Finn Azaz believes consistency has been the key to Boro's rise to form after their 5-1 thrashing of Luton.

The black Labrador goes out on street sweeps to help a charity speak with vulnerable people.

An environmental charity says there is a need to compensate for decades of heavy industrialisation.

Staff at St Oswald's School in Durham are urging the council to help with parking permits.