Bruno Guimaraes scores a spectacular goal on his full Newcastle debut as the Magpies come from behind to beat Southampton and stretch their unbeaten Premier League run to nine matches.

Leaders Leicester make it 11 Premiership wins out of 11 as they score four more tries for a bonus-point win over Newcastle.

The Diocese of Newcastle is facing "real challenges around finance" due to the pandemic, a bishop says.

The EFL removes the need for clubs to test players for Covid-19 on matchdays as Nottingham Forest v Barnsley becomes the latest to be called off.

Brighton & Hove Albion loan forward Aaron Connolly to Championship side Middlesbrough until the end of the season.

Oldham Athletic stay bottom of the League Two table despite a point in a stalemate against Hartlepool United.

Newcastle United make a bid to sign England right-back Kieran Trippier from Spanish champions Atletico Madrid.

Ann Cleeves is appointed an OBE and Matt Baker an MBE in the New Year Honours list.

The white-clawed crayfish effigy in Northumberland is to raise awareness of the endangered species.

A man has just finished a mammoth year-long fundraising effort which saw him walking a minimum of 10 miles a day every day in 2021.

Bob Lang, 71, from South Hetton, County Durham, has completed more than 5,000 miles with his dog Barney to raise more than £7,000 for research into Motor Neurone Disease.

Hundreds of people turned out to see him finish his last day's walk in Seaham earlier.

Bob's daughter Lauren Conway said: "The pandemic's made people value things like walking and cherishing being with their family and friends.

"My dad's got many friends who call him 'Bob the living legend' and he's just a lovely guy and I'm so proud of him."

Police broke into a car thinking a doll in a car seat was an abandoned baby.

Cleveland Police officers were called to an underground car park by a member of the public, worried that a baby had been left alone in a car.

Image source, Cleveland Police

As the driver of the car was not there, the force said officers broke a window and realised the baby was in fact a doll fastened into a child seat in back seat.

The force said it was not "embarrassed or inconvenienced" by the action and that the car owner would be reimbursed for the damaged window.

A spokesperson said: "We’d always rather establish a crime has not occurred than miss an opportunity to safeguard a child.

"Sadly people are too often cautious to report concerns about a child and we’d like to take the opportunity to say if you believe a child is at risk, please call us on 101."

A man has just finished a mammoth year-long fundraising effort which saw him walking a minimum of 10 miles a day every day in 2021.

Bob Lang, 71, from South Hetton, County Durham, has completed more than 5,000 miles with his dog Barney to raise more than £7,000 for research into Motor Neurone Disease.

Hundreds of people turned out to see him finish his last day's walk in Seaham earlier.

Bob's daughter Lauren Conway said: "The pandemic's made people value things like walking and cherishing being with their family and friends.

"My dad's got many friends who call him 'Bob the living legend' and he's just a lovely guy and I'm so proud of him."

A dog has been rescued by firefighters after falling 32ft (10m) into a disused mine shaft in County Durham.

Image source, CDDFRS

Lucy, a 20-month-old spaniel-lurcher cross, got into trouble on Edmundbyers Fell between Stanhope and Blanchland on Thursday.

She was rescued by County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue crews who used specialist rope lines and long-reach poles.

Rescuers said she was very cold and wet but happy to be reunited with her relieved owner.

Image source, CDDFRS

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