1. Boating lake leak probe after refill failspublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 17 May

    Redcar's 100-year-old boating lake remains empty despite repairs and an attempt to refill it.

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  2. Teenage karting prodigy with Formula One ambitionspublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 17 May

    Hartlepool's Jack Collinson, 13, is one of 52 drivers taking part in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy.

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  3. Civic honour for town's first Olympic medallistpublished at 07:29 British Summer Time 17 May

    Rower Lauren Irwin, from Peterlee, is awarded County Durham’s Chairman’s Medal.

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  4. Hundreds of children attend anti-bullying classespublished at 07:28 British Summer Time 17 May

    Up to 40 children attend each session, with hopes of extending the project across the region.

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  5. 'It's my two favourite things, foraging and tattooing'published at 07:25 British Summer Time 17 May

    Foraged from a forest floor, nature provides unique inspiration for custom tattoos.

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  6. Explosion community 'relieved but still in pain'published at 07:24 British Summer Time 17 May

    People in Benwell have "some closure" after a drug dealer is jailed for the fatal explosion.

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  7. Community volunteers awarded top honourspublished at 22:35 British Summer Time 16 May

    The Chairman's Medal is the highest accolade Durham County Council grants for community work.

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  8. Gloucester beat Newcastle to stay in top-four racepublished at 22:01 British Summer Time 16 May

    Gloucester ensure they remain in with a shot at the Premiership play-offs going into the final weekend with a 26-12 win against Newcastle.

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  9. Hameed's double ton puts Notts in charge at Durhampublished at 19:19 British Summer Time 16 May

    Haseeb Hameed's remarkable unbeaten double-century puts Nottinghamshire in a strong position on day one of their County Championship clash with Durham.

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  10. Man broke into café and threatened owner with knifepublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 16 May

    Chee Wong smashed his way inside the café in Staithes and picked up a knife when told to leave.

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  11. Ballard channelled Drogba to secure Sunderland glorypublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 16 May

    Sunderland defender Dan Ballard says he visualised Didier Drogba's Champions League final goal for Chelsea before replicating it to send Sunderland to Wembley.

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  12. Hameed and Hutton fight backpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 16 May

    Notts 366-8 v Durham. Hameed 170

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Notts lost 7-110 during the afternoon session and didn't look long for this world. But skipper Haseeb Hameed and Brett Hutton had other ideas.

    Their ninth-wicket partnership is currently worth 85 runs and they have steered Notts to two extra batting points in the process.

    Back in April Durham's bowlers could only look on as Josh Tongue and Lyndon James put on a ninth-wicket stand of 96 at TRent Bridge, something which would prove costly later in the game.

    Hutton now has 26 and Hameed 168. The new ball has just been taken, but could these two see the day out for the visitors? There are 16 overs left today.

  13. Hundreds of bus stops revamped in £1.8m schemepublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 16 May

    The aim of the work is to make Durham's bus stops "safer, more accessible and more welcoming".

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  14. Four Premier League clubs warned over gambling sponsorspublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 16 May

    Four Premier League clubs have been warned by the Gambling Commission over their relationship with an unlicensed gambling business.

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  15. Durham's sessionpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 16 May

    Notts 266-7 v Durham

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Durham only took one wicket before lunch, with Notts 133-1 at the break. But closing in to tea they are now seven down.

    Codi Yusuf has taken four of the wickets to fall this afternoon, as he saw off Freddie McCann for 26 and Joe Clarke for one. McCann was caught behind while Clarke was bowled.

    He also claimed the wickets of Kyle Vereynne for 41 and Lyndon James for 21. They were caught behind too.

    Brydon Carse saw off Jack Haynes for one. He was caught and bowled. Meanwhile Liam Patterson-White was bowled for a third-ball duck by George Drissell.

    At the other end Haseeb Hameed has led a bit of a charmed life. The inside edge of his bat has been in regular use as he's struggled to time the ball. He's on 108 but has nearly chopped on a number of times.

  16. Attempted killer hurled racist abuse at victimpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 16 May

    Kevin Wood, 38, struck the victim 50 times with punches, kicks, and beer cans, police say.

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  17. Durham fight back in CLSpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 16 May

    Notts 165-4 v Durham

    Martin Emmerson
    BBC Radio Newcastle

    Durham only took one wicket in the morning session, as Notts reached the lunch break on 133-1.

    That was from 29 overs of play. But by the time they reached the end of the 35th they were four down!

    Codi Yusuf had Freddie McCann caught down the leg side by the keeper on 26. In his next over he bowled Joe Clarke for one.

    Brydon Carse then showed great reactions to remove Jack Haynes for one. He was caught and bowled from a delivery which came back off the toe of the bat.

    Carse has been bowling well in his first game of the season and in the last over he nearly had Haseeb Hameed three balls in a row.

    The first of them whistled past off stump. There was little in it. The next two were played onto the back foot and ricocheted away to safety.

  18. Middlesbrough release full-back Dijksteelpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 16 May

    Middlesbrough release full-back Anfernee Dijksteel after six seasons with the club.

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  19. Drug driver 'blighted' pensioners' lives in crashpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 16 May

    Drug-fuelled Steven Ormston went on a 90-minute rampage in his van before crashing head-on into a car.

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  20. Music festival delayed over scheduling conflictspublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 16 May

    The event, headlined by Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon, will be held at the Hoppings site in August.

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