Christopher Bates is jailed for trying to rape a teenage girl in woods after pretending he was lost.

Saffanah's headteacher says she is being treated like a celebrity by her classmates as she recovers.

More than 1,000 people have been involved with digs at Auckland Castle over the last seven years.

Campaigners say they are "embarrassed" over plans to add street lights at a night sky beauty spot.

Nexus says the rises are smaller than its cost increases, with passengers urged to go paperless.

Campaigners are calling for the building, due to close in 2026, to be taken into public ownership.

Beamish in Country Durham, which recreates life from bygone eras, is named the UK's museum of the year.

Jamie Lawrence and Michael Townsend were found guilty of offences including kidnap.

Teaching regulators said the attack was "out of character" for Claire Herbert.

MPs are unhappy that Northumbria Police got rid of files from the 1984 so-called Battle of Orgreave.

Teesside-based Safer Communities has helped recover about £300,000 for victims since the scheme began.

Two people appear in court charged with causing or allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.

Street lighting will make it 'safer and more accessible' for cyclists, say South Tyneside Council.

The centre, serving 3.5m people in the North East, will allow for 'more complex' clinical trials.

South Tyneside Council says the demolition process will take between three and four years.

Hartlepool power station is due to shut down in 2027, but a private firm wants to install new reactors.