Addison Court, in Gateshead, has been taken out of special measures by the Care Quality Commission.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Durham got off to the worst of starts when Alex Lees was bowled by the first ball of the game. He got a thick inside edge to Matt Henry and lost his off stump.

Ben McKinney and Emilio Gay then set about rescuing the situation and put on 65 before McKinney was out. He got another inside edge to a Josh Davey delivery and was caught behind on 30.

That has brought David Bedingham out to the middle, for the first time since the second week of the season, when he broke a toe playing against Warwickshire.

Pride organisers are "disappointed" after a Reform UK-led council removed a flag before an event.

The Environment Agency is probing reports of pollution over concern it is linked to dog illness.

The fire service says people had to leave the Horizon building after the loss of safety systems.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

It's a big day for the Killeen family. 20-year-old Mitchell is making his County Championship debut for Durham in CLS.

I am old enough to remember him being a baby in his cot and I am also old enough to have witnessed his father Neil's illustrious career with Durham.

Neil is now a bowling coach with the England set-up, but he is here to see his son in action today. Neil had to gain special permission, as a teenager, to miss a few weeks of school so he could go on a pre-season tour to Zimbabwe.

And that's where Mitchell made his first-cClass debut this year, playing against Zimbabwe's A Team in Harare.

He has featured in the One-Day Cup. His debut came on a scorching afternoon in Grantham three years ago.

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Rescuers are sending the owlet to Blyth because children were seen lighting fires near its nest.

DJ Boo, a Tees Valley Artist of the Year, says she has had to work "10 times as hard" to make it.

Sunderland fans spur on the lads as they head to Wembley looking for a return to the Premier League.

The couple who made the discovery have been volunteering at Vindolanda for more than 20 years.

Labour's Ehthesham Haque, 28, says the appointment is "the proudest achievement of my life so far".

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