"Jane", from north-east England, tells how she lost her inheritance in an elaborate 18-month scam.

In the North East and Cumbria, the NHS is trying new ways to deal with the rising demand.

The victim says he does not know why he was targeted but a judge says it was "classic road rage".

Teachers at Haydon Bridge High School, in Northumberland, will no longer walk out on Tuesday.

The nature of the complaint against Cleveland's Peter Rickard is not currently being made public.

Leicester City forward Kian Pennant will stay on loan with National League Gateshead until the end of December.

Cleveland Police detectives say Daniel Dixon caused his victims "considerable trauma".

Two rival groups were initially joking with each other before violence erupted, a court hears.

Students at Northumberland Skills spend 300 hours creating the bench of confiscated knives.

The ex-Newcastle United striker was among the targets for the family of travelling burglars.

The refurbishment cost £11m more than expected, the North East Combined Authority confirms.

Newcastle Dynamo FC says its pitch in Gateshead will take £2,000 to fix.

Fulwell has a bigger Christmas tree this year and a resident says its switch-on was "fabulous".

A 22-year-old man was found dead at a property on Allerton Close in Hartlepool, police say.

BBC Scotland examines the possibility of Newcastle winger Harvey Barnes becoming part of the Scotland squad.

When the Premier League rolled out semi-automated offside technology we thought we would lose the rows about offside.