Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter

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Newcastle may be considering alternatives, potentially as a negotiating tactic, but their interest in Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi remains alive.

The 24-year-old is braced for a further approach from the Magpies after seeing four bids rising to £65m turned down.

Guehi is ready to move this summer if the option becomes available, with two years remaining on his contract in south London.

But Palace are reluctant to lose both centre-backs after agreeing a fee with Fulham to sell Joachim Andersen for around £30m.

Palace's chairman Steve Parish had told BBC Sport, "I can’t imagine a situation where we would lose both of our centre-halves."

But an increased fifth bid could be enough to finally convince Parish as he would be walking away from the best possible fee he could get for Guehi, with a sale next summer likely to be for less as his contract runs into its final year.

Campaigners say trams could serve heavily populated areas which are not part of the Metro system.

Plans for 450 homes, as part of the Skerningham Garden Village, are submitted to Darlington Council.

Plankey Mill Farm, near Langley, is being prepared as a set for the second part of 28 Years Later.

Witnesses say queues of cars lined the tidal causeway after a tractor crashed into a level crossing.

People in Sunderland are asked to have their say on plans to display the art in the St Peter’s area.

All 18 counties are in action as the County Championship returns after a seven-week break for this season's final push.

Guidance from Newcastle University suggests using the term could be patronising.

Declan Dixon, from the Wigan area, has lost his job as an apprentice electrician.

Adam Rankin, Paul Brown and Irfan Yousaf are sentenced for targeting four people in the Durham area.

A psychiatrist gives evidence on the defendent's mental state.

Samantha Holden's partially clothed body was found on her living room floor by by her teenage son, a jury is told.

Staff say a "midnight marine marauder" dumped a "bucket full" of shore crabs in their recycling bin.

High levels of waste and fly-tipping are causing a problem with rats, residents claim.

The ambulance service said the on-site device was showing as "emergency ready" on the database.