Newcastle Falcons hope to benefit from the feelgood factor floating around the city following the football's team win at Wembley last Sunday.

The rare example is to be sold to help St Cuthbert's increase its opening times and events.

As Premiership Rugby returns after an eight-week break, BBC Sport assesses the table going into the final third of the season.

A permanent road repair is set to be carried out, Durham Council says.

A woman in her 20s and a two-year-old girl are in hospital in a stable condition.

Craig Foster admits five counts of burglary, including one raid on the house of a family on holiday.

The safety checks follow a similar operation in Durham and Darlington in December last year.

The row is over the amount of back pay owed to healthcare assistants, the Union says.

Midfielder Oliver Finney, 27, was found not guilty following a trial at Chester Crown Court.

BBC Radio Newcastle commentator Nick Barnes assesses the impact of Eliezer Mayenda and Sunderland's efforts to bring through youth.

Preston Morlaee grabbed the woman by the throat a day after he raped her, a court hears.

They were found unconscious in Stockton after taking suspected sleeping pills, police say

Former Sunderland striker Marco Gabbiadini questions the decision to play Alan Browne as a winger in their Championship defeat by Coventry.

The incident took place when Leeds United played Sunderland at Elland Road in February, police say.

A Northumberland army veteran is using the River Tees to train for a 310 mile (500km) canoe trek.

Paul Atkinson has incurable cancer and says his dream of a Newcastle win at Wembley has come true.