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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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

Road shuts until end of year for urban park workspublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 16 May

The council says the closure is to keep Waterfront works on track after unforeseen delays.

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.

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.

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.

RAF brought in to battle wildfirepublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 16 May

The blaze, in Wark forest, Northumberland, began on Tuesday afternoon and lasted for two days.

Nissan says it could share global plants with Chinese state firmpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 16 May

Nissan announced this week that it would lay off another 11,000 workers and shut seven factories.

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