The local authority hopes both visitors and locals will enjoy the transformed area.

An "apartment scheme for older people" next to the new unit is also facing uncertainty.

The woman remains in hospital in a serious condition, although the child was later discharged.

Durham Cathedral is transformed by intergalactic projections in the latest Luxmuralis show.

Police say the stabbing happened at the Hollybush Shell petrol station on Thornaby Road.

Pace bowler Brydon Carse says the idea of playing Test cricket for England helped him through a three-month ban for historic gambling offences.

Twisterella organisers say putting on a multi-venue event is not easy, but live music is needed.

The project, called Ancestral Reverb, also features recordings of colliery pit brass bands from 1903.

Building pods are being brought to the Woking Community Hospital in convoys on Saturday and Sunday.

Shops and hotels say the exhibition has brought people to Berwick for the first time.

Sale Sharks run in six tries as they beat Newcastle Falcons, who have lost 25 Premiership games in a row.

Sunderland and Newcastle United prepare to meet in the Women's Championship in front of a record-breaking crowd of more than 14,000.

Two people have been arrested and weapons seized by police from a house in Hetton-le-Hole.

The service between South Gosforth and Newcastle Airport was suspended for more than an hour.

Joe Scott pushed his girlfriend to safety before he was hit by "coward" Steven Wallace in Newcastle.

Victims said burglar Anthony Kennedy, 45, left them feeling "violated" and living in fear.

Armed police swooped on Sunderland city centre after Mahmoud Mabad began shouting he was a terrorist.