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Drug mule caught with £18,000 haul at airportpublished at 11:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Ahmed Hirsi got the attention of customs officers due to the large number of bags he had.

Man 'ruined' children's lives with sex assaultspublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Michael Moran, 74, admitted sexually assaulting the children as they "innocently" played outside.

'England involvement good for Rigg' - Gabbiadinipublished at 11:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Former Sunderland striker Marco Gabbiadini on why Chris Rigg being away on international duty, rather than resting, is a positive.

Men who raped woman after party jailedpublished at 10:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Police say Andy Nzita Iwela and Muketar Ahmed are a "danger to women" after the "horrendous" attack.

Azaz 'buzzing' to score first international goalpublished at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Middlesbrough midfielder Finn Azaz scores his first international goal as the Republic of Ireland beat Bulgaria 2-1 in their Nations League play-off.

Pope 'definitely better' than three of Tuchel's England pickspublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

From third to 10th - pundit predictspublished at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Gossip: Magpies want Huijsenpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Site of derelict swimming pool may be redeveloped published at 07:34 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

An outdoor gym and play area are among possible plans for the site which closed as a pool in 2008.

Estimated 945,000 tonnes of sewage pumped into seapublished at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

The water firm says its own estimate of discharge to the North Sea at Whitburn cannot be relied on.

'Dementia train' journeys return after five yearspublished at 06:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Carriage runs between Whitby and Middlesbrough and offers a safe day out for people with dementia.

Fish monitoring in hiatus as equipment breaks againpublished at 06:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Counters at Riding Mill were damaged in October, two months after repair work by the Environment Agency.

Why was a white balloon flying across the UK?published at 05:26 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March

Onlookers spot a mysterious hot air balloon travelling across skies and question where it is going.

Police name girl, 4, killed in house fire published at 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

Kiana-Lee Wallace was inside the house in Lynemouth when the fire broke out on Monday.

More ticket gates on Metro to cut fare dodging published at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

Nexus say Regent Centre will have gates by the end of the year and other stations may follow.

Wins are only way to ease Pools problems - Limbrickpublished at 15:48 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

Hartlepool United head coach Anthony Limbrick says that wins are the only way players can help fans through club's difficult period.

Sunderland fan buses to carry bleed kits to gamespublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

SAFC supporters' branches say 12 coaches will have with kits designed to stop catastrophic bleeding.

'My first thought was to my dad'published at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

Defender Cirkin out of England Under-21 gamespublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

Sunderland defender Dennis Cirkin is forced to withdraw from the England Under-21 squad because of a hamstring injury.

Diamond asks Newcastle to latch onto football buzzpublished at 13:02 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March

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

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