Hartlepool charity Clean Planet UK has funding to recover "ghost gear" from the sea but not beaches.

Hundreds of people submit entries to name Sunderland's new footbridge and some of them are gems.

Twenty-five drama students from a range of backgrounds will perform four shows this weekend.

Inspectors say they discovered issues related to long wait times and insufficient training.

Durham Regatta organisers say low water levels are damaging boats.

Ryan Callaghan is jailed for 10 years for raping a woman who went on to kill herself weeks later.

The Durham Miners Association says it will not "abandon" its principles and invite Reform UK.

The new Leaf will be powered by batteries also manufactured in Sunderland.

Haider Ali raped two women in separate attacks within an hour of each other in Stockton last year.

The theft from Lingdale comes days after defibrillators were taken in Skelton and Skelton Green.

Officers have removed the suspected bullets and taken them away for forensic testing.

The student flats in Durham would have made the community more imbalanced, objectors say.

Almost £64,000 could be set aside to improve the underpasses at Newcastle's Swan House roundabout.

The burial ground will use biodegradable coffins and make use of wildlife, an application says.