Stories include Bella Culley's sentence being reduced in Tbilisi and otters play at a river barrage.

Stories include a bid to buy the Rothbury Estate and junk food adverts being banned on the Metro.

Stories include a gravestone for the UK's first black policeman and a Hadrian's Wall discovery.

National League Gateshead have reached the second round of the FA Cup by upsetting League One AFC Wimbledon.

Edie's family say about £30,000 has been raised to support the groups which tried to save her life.

The foodbank says 60% of the families that use its services are affected by the cap.

A teenager's latest run for charity and complaints about a new railway station hit the headlines.

The North East has seen the biggest fall in trainee teachers in England, down by 56% since 2019-20.

An application is lodged to make the proposed site of a hub in Sunderland "wind and watertight".

Carlisle United and Gateshead provide the biggest shocks of the FA Cup first round with away wins over EFL opponents Reading and AFC Wimbledon.

A man and woman in a Ford Ka were pronounced dead at the scene, in Ferryhill, Durham Police says.

People in Sunderland are being asked to submit images ahead of the opening of the Culture House.

A Tynemouth councillor urges people to wait for the vessel's remains to be removed by authorities.

Police are looking for the pair, who knocked over a girl in Middlesbrough on Halloween.

Reform UK-led Durham County Council says plans for the facility will progress after savings are made.