1. Residents fear fires from battery storage sitespublished at 07:19 British Summer Time 13 July

    Concerns are being raised over the lack of regulations for BESS sites, which store renewable energy.

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  2. I was wrongly accused of felling the Sycamore Gap treepublished at 01:01 British Summer Time 13 July

    Walter Renwick says he wore a "Rod Stewart" wig to hide while accused of the Sycamore Gap attack.

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  3. The slow decline of Britain's steel 'ghost towns'. Is it too late to save them?published at 00:48 British Summer Time 13 July

    The future of industrial towns like Scunthorpe and Port Talbot may rest on the wider fate of the UK's steel industry.

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  4. Ex-England striker Carroll joins Dagenham & Redbridgepublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 12 July

    Former Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham striker Andy Carroll joins sixth-tier Dagenham & Redbridge on a free transfer.

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  5. Sunderland start pre-season with comfortable win at South Shieldspublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 12 July

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  6. Shellfish die-off 'catastrophic' for communitiespublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 12 July

    The shellfish deaths had an "extremely negative" impact on fishers' mental health, a report finds.

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  7. Princess Diana coat worn on day of separation soldpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 12 July

    The white coat is bought by Graham Greaves from North Tyneside who wants to own "a bit of history".

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  8. Region's homelessness chronicled by 100 poetspublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 12 July

    An anthology of 100 poems by 100 North East writers will raise money for people sleeping rough.

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  9. Men in court after women die following care home crashpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 12 July

    Two care home residents, a woman in her 80s and another in her 90s, died a day after the crash.

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  10. Pride group's first Durham Miners' Gala 'fabulous'published at 12:25 British Summer Time 12 July

    Durham Pride joins the procession for the first time at the 41st anniversary of the Miners' Strike.

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  11. 'What they are building is really special' - Elangapublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 12 July

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  12. Mystery of 'sword in tree' near priorypublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 12 July

    Finchdale Priory volunteers suggest the model sword may have been put there by a Harry Potter fan.

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