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Former Scunthorpe and Newcastle United striker Barrie Thomas dies at the age of 88.

Durham host Hampshire in the T20 Blast quarter-finals on Friday, chasing a first spot in Finals Day for nine years.

A property investor vows to never again buy and revamp property in County Durham due to tax hikes.

An elderly man is found on a steep hillside in Wooler after going missing for three days.

Coquet Island's drainage system cannot handle being used by extra people carrying out work there.

Sunderland defender Trai Hume says playing international football for Northern Ireland helped him adapt to the Premier League.

"You just can’t take it for granted how lovely that is, just to have a normal milestone."

There has been a lack of clarity over the age of the Hadrian's Wall tree which was illegally felled.

Middlesbrough have got a "very, very good pro" in new signing Alan Browne, says BBC Radio Newcastle's Sunderland commentator Nick Barnes.

Campaigners say if built, the village would lose links to its "history and identity".