Campaigners say they are "embarrassed" over plans to add street lights at a night sky beauty spot.

Nexus says the rises are smaller than its cost increases, with passengers urged to go paperless.

Campaigners are calling for the building, due to close in 2026, to be taken into public ownership.

Jamie Lawrence and Michael Townsend were found guilty of offences including kidnap.

Teaching regulators said the attack was "out of character" for Claire Herbert.

Millwall sign Josh Coburn on a permanent transfer from Middlesbrough for a "club record" fee.

MPs are unhappy that Northumbria Police got rid of files from the 1984 so-called Battle of Orgreave.

Teesside-based Safer Communities has helped recover about £300,000 for victims since the scheme began.

Two people appear in court charged with causing or allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.

Street lighting will make it 'safer and more accessible' for cyclists, say South Tyneside Council.

The centre, serving 3.5m people in the North East, will allow for 'more complex' clinical trials.

BBC Sport looks at Middlesbrough's key fixture dates for the upcoming 2025-26 EFL season.

See your Championship club's full fixture list for the forthcoming 2025-26 season.

Wrexham will visit Southampton on Saturday, 9 August - a day after Birmingham v Ipswich opens the Championship season.

South Tyneside Council says the demolition process will take between three and four years.

The Northern Echo's Scott Wilson and The Gazette's Craig Johns join BBC Radio Tees to discuss Middlesbrough's new head coach - and the two men alongside him.