The trust says it it took the decision following feedback from patients and their families.

A woman in her 60s remains in police custody following the death of a man in Elswick.

Sunderland player Luke O'Nien opens the unit at the hospital where both his children were born.

It forms the latest proposal for Sunderland's Sheepfolds area.

A petition to relocate the town's Christmas tree to the town centre gets more than 750 signatures.

The owners of a coffee shop in Stockton say they have seen footfall drop significantly.

The urgent treatment centre in Newcastle's West End will not reopen, it is announced.

A deal has been agreed for the Darlington store to stay open.

Luton and Sunderland are fined by the Football Association for a mass confrontation at the end of their Championship game last month.

Former Black Cats defender Gary Bennett analyses where Sunderland went wrong as they let slip a 2-0 lead to draw with Coventry.

UK Border Force find 25kg of cocaine in a Darlington man's suitcase after he flies in from Mexico.

Gavin Calvert attacked his partner after months of "delusions" and "paranoia", a court hears.

A Byker family have been told to leave the UK amid an ongoing application for settled status.

Surrender bins are placed in 10 police stations so people can give up knives "safely and securely".

The service replicates one held in1949 to unveil a plaque to men from Ryhope Grammar School

The black Labrador goes out on street sweeps to help a charity speak with vulnerable people.