The RSPCA says anyone with information about the "very upsetting incident" should contact them.

Pawz for Thought says the growing number of animals being shot is "heartbreaking".

The Big Dan Burn Walk along Elsdon Burn will see its name change stay until the end of September.

The Newcastle study gives both electrical stimulus and sound therapy to people with early tinnitus.

The local authority says it currently spends about £500,000 a year transporting 105 pupils.

Hampshire go top of the women's One-Day Cup table beating Lancashire while Surrey beat Durham and The Blaze win away to Warwickshire.

Chris Weatherspoon assesses Sunderland's business model with praise for their youth focus.

The victim was stabbed three times in the smoking area of the pub, Teesside Crown Court heard.

A fisherman captures footage of the killer whale off the Northumberland coast on Tuesday morning.

A problem with the doors of the Swiss-built trains saw them taken out of action nine days ago.

Two men deny felling the much-loved tree which had stood on Hadrian's Wall for more than 100 years.

Marco Gabbiadini reflects on the "hard watch" of Sunderland's 2-0 defeat by Oxford United in the Championship.

Members say the Ryhope club struggled as its bar "died a death".

A police officer says there were already multiple people at the site when he arrived.

Police say two males, aged 17 and 18, are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

It took six hours to put out the fire at Easington Colliery Nature Reserve, the fire service says.