Neighbouring properties are evacuated as a precaution following the incident at Hallstile Bank.

Surrey take three wickets in the final session to leave Durham 222-5 in their second innings, a lead of just 53.

Hampshire beat The Blaze by 80 runs to go top of the Women's One-Day Cup table as Lancashire, Durham and Surrey maintain their push for the semi-finals.

Northumbria Police closes the house following complaints from members of the public.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Got to feel for Colin Ackermann after he's been given out by umpire James Middlebrook, who seems to believe he has been caught at short leg off Dan Lawrence.

Ackermann can't believe the decision and stands there shaking his head. A look at the camera suggests his bat and gloves are nowhere near the ball. It has initially clipped the knee roll of his front pad and gone up his thigh pad to Ryan Patel.

It's a horrible decision in the circumstances because Durham are now effectively 50-5 and there were only 4.4 overs of the day to go.

Eight machines were damaged in the attack at Admiral Casino on Newport Road, witnesses say.

Manchester United make RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko their number one choice to come in as a new striker this summer.

Hugh Holmes' victim suffered a brain injury and says his life has changed beyond all recognition.

The 19-year-old striker is weighing up a move to the North East after being made available on loan by the west Londoners.

BBC Radio Tees' Mark Drury is joined by Northern Echo writer Scott Wilson to discuss what Middlesbrough have left to do in the transfer window.

Newcastle Falcons centre Connor Doherty signs a new deal, keeping him at the club until the end of next season.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Ben McKinney struggled to cope with the left-arm spin of Sai Kishore and ended up throwing his wicket away in an attempt to try and take him on.

He'd tried - and failed - on numerous occasions to play forward defensive shots to Kishore, missing the spin regularly. It was a similar result each time he tried to cut him.

Then came an attempted slog-sweep from the 20-year-old opener, which also ended up in the keeper's hands.

And moments after team-mate Emilio Gay gestured to him to calm down, McKinney got himself out. He hit Kishore straight to Dan Lawrence at long-on and he took a low catch on the bouncdary to dimiss him for 24.

It ended a partnership with Gay of 73. Gay Now has 61.

His three previous 50s this year have all been turned into centuries. How Durham need more of that today!

A Cleveland Police PC is charged with 11 counts of sexual activity with a child.

Thomas Robson, 70, got to live a free life while his victims' lives were blighted, a judge says.

The council considers plans to put more than 200 solar panels on the new Houghton-le-Spring Aldi.

Hundreds of workers will go on strike over a rejected pay offer for four days in August.

Newly promoted Premier League side Sunderland sign former Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen.