Seal pupping season on the Farne Islands in Northumberland marks the start of annual monitoring.

The centre in Sunderland, which has been open for less than 30 years, is slated to close next July.

The crossing features in images showing possible designs for a housing development in Newcastle.

Only three of 34 north-east of England practices shown to be accepting NHS patients actually are.

Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.

A motorbike rider is in hospital in a stable condition following the Gateshead crash, police say.

An inquiry catalogues missed opportunities to stop abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre.

Thousands of staff at one of Europe's largest defence firms start the first of several walk-outs.

A council's plans to divert Cowbar Road are being sped up due to the risk of collapse from erosion.

The company makes bearings for the automotive sector but plans to close its County Durham factories.

Doubts over the traditional event had been cast due to costs but businesses have rallied.

A mandatory housing order is in place across England following a rise in avian influenza.

The Tees Pass will allow cardholders to access free bus travel until they are 25.

Crozier thought he was speaking to a father online but it was a police officer, a court hears.

Northumberland County Council says it will press ahead with its plans for the site in Hexham.

Hues of greens, pinks and purples glowed bright in a geomagnetic storm on Tuesday night.