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Growing pressure on special education needs fundspublished at 06:42 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

Pressure on resources to support youngsters' needs is "significant and growing", the council says.

Touring Newcastle musician revisits busking spotspublished at 06:27 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

Victor Ray started his career busking in Newcastle six years ago and is now selling out tours.

Centuries-old cellar found under old stretch of A1published at 06:10 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

The cellar is part of an old shop and until 1970 all the A1 traffic would have gone over it.

Mum of girl murdered by dad believes her death was an accidentpublished at 01:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

Simon Vickers was jailed for killing his daughter Scarlett, but his wife insists he is innocent.

Uni boss jailed for sex assaults on sleeping womenpublished at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Former Durham University director Andrew Harston is described as a "sexual predator".

'With Isak in attack, there's no holding back' - MC Tazopublished at 18:08 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Mayor details £200m transport schemespublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Kim McGuinness says it is part of an £800m transport package planned for north-east England.

Newcastle's 'new-look' left side backed to deliverpublished at 16:40 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

MDMA dealer who smuggled drugs into prison jailedpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Shaun Mason had previously been extradited back to the UK from Spain, a court hears.

Meet the seven marathons on seven continents male winnerpublished at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Paul Holborn had never completed a marathon before signing up for the event 19 months ago.

Court to review killer dad's 'lenient' sentencepublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

The solicitor general says Simon Vickers' life sentence with 15-year minimum term "appears lenient".

Brit wins men's world marathon challengepublished at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Paul Holborn from Sunderland wins the men's World Marathon Challenge.

'We should be scoring more goals from midfield'published at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

🎧 Automatic promotion slipping away?published at 13:23 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Simon Pryde and Nick Barnes are joined by former Sunderland defender Gary Bennett to discuss a point against Preston North End and if boss Regis Le Bris' decision to take off Eliezer Mayenda over Isidor cost them a win.

Housing estate's energy bills to droppublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

People living at Newcastle's Byker Estate should see their heating bills cut by up to 31% this year.

Two charged in connection with closed murder probepublished at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Cleveland police say the two women are due to appear at magistrates court this week.

Sewage data not accurate, water boss tells MPspublished at 11:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Northumbrian Water's CEO says the regulator does not require it to "measure" all types of data.

Sela donate 32,000 scarves for Wembley fanspublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Man dies after being hit by lorry on A1published at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Police say the man had got out of his car after hitting the central reservation near Alnwick.

'Preston went to the extremes but it helped us'published at 10:29 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March

Sunderland defender Trai Hume says Preston North End's time-wasting tactics helped spur the Black Cats on to grab a late point.

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