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Read MoreNewcastle v Watford: Last time outpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
NHS trust considering setting up own care homespublished at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
14:44 GMT 13 January 2022The Northumbria trust is considering setting up care homes to help free up hospital beds.
Read MoreNewcastle sign striker Wood from Burnleypublished at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
14:31 GMT 13 January 2022New Zealand striker Chris Wood becomes Newcastle's second signing of the January transfer window.
Read More Read More'They need to see who is king when I step back on the grass'published at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
14:19 GMT 13 January 2022 Read MoreWood will hit the ground running, but focus now on defencepublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
12:26 GMT 13 January 2022 Read MoreFans 'delighted' at Wood arrivalpublished at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
11:35 GMT 13 January 2022 Read MoreWhat do you think of Newcastle's business?published at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
10:55 GMT 13 January 2022 Read MoreWood an 'important signing' for Magpiespublished at 10:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
10:33 GMT 13 January 2022Man jailed for cutting police officer's throatpublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
10:07 GMT 13 January 2022Aaron Gray is sentenced to five years for attacking the officer during an arrest in Middlesbrough.
Read More Read More'I can't wait to get on the pitch' - Woodpublished at 09:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
09:57 GMT 13 January 2022Jobs boost from proposed tyre recycling plantpublished at 08:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
08:57 GMT 13 January 2022Image source, Reuters
A hundred jobs will be created in Sunderland if a car tyre recycling plant is given planning permission.
The facility, which could be up and running by 2024, will be built on empty land within the port and handle 10m tonnes of used tyres every year.
Vianney Vales, chief executive of Wastefront, told BBC Radio Newcastle: “We wanted a port, a place with a tradition of industry where we could find skilled labour.
“When we talked to the port of Sunderland, the welcome was fabulous and the choice became obvious.”
More Covid victims in 'left behind' communitiespublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
08:40 GMT 13 January 2022The report's authors call for measures to reduce health inequalities and say action is needed now.
Read More Read MoreTransfer news: Magpies make fresh Diego Carlos bidpublished at 07:20 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2022
07:20 GMT 13 January 2022City centre cycle lane removal plan opposedpublished at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2022
20:55 GMT 12 January 2022Newcastle City Council says the feedback will "inform the final plan" which will then be advertised.
Read More Read MoreYour Newcastle gossip round-uppublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2022
17:07 GMT 12 January 2022Serial killer Sutcliffe's death examined in reportpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2022
17:05 GMT 12 January 2022The prison watchdog's report says Peter Sutcliffe was kept restrained as he lay dying with Covid.
Read MoreNewcastle United fan jailed for storming pubpublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2022
15:39 GMT 12 January 2022Fighting broke out between rival fans at the Turf Hotel in Burnley during a football match in 2019.
Read MoreArsenal loan striker Balogun to Boropublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2022
15:27 GMT 12 January 2022Arsenal loan England Under-21 striker Folarin Balogun to Middlesbrough until the end of the season.
Read MoreHow Newcastle can avoid 'nightmare' of January transfer windowpublished at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2022
14:44 GMT 12 January 2022Newcastle have made a decent start to the January transfer window but still need a centre-back at a time when deals can be tricky and dangers await.
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