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Read More'Grinding out ugly wins is our new identity'published at 12:32 British Summer Time 17 September
Thief banned from all UK schools and universitiespublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 17 September
12:23 BST 17 SeptemberJohn Tinney, 62, targeted educational establishments to fund his alcoholism, a court hears.
Read MoreChick vows Falcons will not make up numberspublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 17 September
11:56 BST 17 SeptemberNewcastle Falcons captain Callum Chick says there is a new identity about them as they try to erase the memories of last season.
Read MoreMilestone for Leespublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 17 September
11:44 BST 17 SeptemberDurham 57-0 v Surrey
Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio NewcastleDurham opener Alex Lees has passed 5,000 first-class runs for the county today - it's come in 70 matches at an average of 46.3 per innings.
Lees is acting skipper for this game in the absence of the injured Scott Borthwick, who misses out on a re-union with the side he played for from 2017 to 2020.
Durham were put in by Surrey, on a lovely sunny morning at The Oval. Moments after Lees reached the 22 he needed to reach the 5,000 mark, he should have been out. He left a ball from Sam Curran which took his off-stump out of the ground and wrecked the bail. But the umpired signalled a no-ball.
The game sees Durham debuts for teenage bowler James Minto and former Northants batsman Emilio Gay, while Sam and Tom Curran are playing in a Championship match together for the first time since June 2017.
Teen handed 18 months for riot violencepublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 17 September
11:14 BST 17 SeptemberLennox Crockett, 19, is sentenced to a term in a young offenders institution.
Read MoreNewcastle sign San Diego Legion fly-half Graysonpublished at 10:28 British Summer Time 17 September
10:28 BST 17 SeptemberNewcastle Falcons sign fly-half Ethan Grayson on a short-term deal in time for the start of the 2024-25 Premiership season.
Read MoreCare watchdog lifts hospital trust restrictionspublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 17 September
09:28 BST 17 SeptemberThe CQC says it will "continue to monitor" the trust, where there were concerns over bullying, closely.
Read More Read MoreGossip: Everton boss Dyche could poach Popepublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 17 September
07:47 BST 17 SeptemberFinal section of city's bridge lifted into placepublished at 06:21 British Summer Time 17 September
06:21 BST 17 SeptemberBosses say they are proud as the "very complex" project moves to the next stage.
Read More Read MoreMcNulty Q&A: Are Newcastle top-four contenders? published at 17:25 British Summer Time 16 September
17:25 BST 16 SeptemberTown centre cannabis farm targeted by thievespublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 16 September
16:01 BST 16 SeptemberTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and cultivation of cannabis, police say.
Read More Read MoreA 'massive' win - Scharpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 16 September
15:10 BST 16 SeptemberCobbles to be replaced after backlashpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 16 September
14:57 BST 16 SeptemberThe resized and re-laid cobbles were described as "floating in concrete" by commentators online.
Read MoreTrain company swipes left on dating appspublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 16 September
14:57 BST 16 SeptemberNorthern has relaunched a campaign aimed at adults who might not have "found a holiday romance".
Read MoreGay joins Durham on loan ahead of permanent move published at 14:32 British Summer Time 16 September
14:32 BST 16 SeptemberEmilio Gay will join Durham on loan for the last two County Championship games of the 2024 season ahead of his permanent switch from next year.
Read MoreParachutist was filming skydiver during fatal fallpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 16 September
14:26 BST 16 SeptemberThe coroner says further investigation is needed after a man's death at a County Durham airfield.
Read MoreTeenager assaulted by 'large group' of menpublished at 13:08 British Summer Time 16 September
13:08 BST 16 SeptemberThe boy was found unconscious in a Middlesbrough street on Sunday evening, police say.
Read MorePool reopens after volunteers raise £400,000published at 11:34 British Summer Time 16 September
11:34 BST 16 SeptemberBirtley Community Pool has new boilers, LED lights and a refurbished waterslide.
Read MoreTeen runs to every Metro station in single daypublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 16 September
09:17 BST 16 SeptemberCharles McManus says his father, who died in 2017, would have been proud of his 125km charity run.
Read More Read MoreWolves 1-2 Newcastle - the fans' verdictpublished at 08:44 British Summer Time 16 September
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