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North East welcomes a summer of Pride celebrationspublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 15 April

Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead will each host a Pride celebration, beginning on 7 June.

'The system is flawed' - Diamond on six-match banpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 15 April

Newcastle Falcons boss Steve Diamond says the sport's disciplinary process "is flawed" as he begins a six-match ban.

'We need performances for Howe to be proud of' - Tindall published at 14:03 British Summer Time 15 April

Newcastle assistant Jason Tindall says the team must "deliver performances for the manager to be proud of" as Eddie Howe recovers from pneumonia.

Regeneration of community sports hub approvedpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 15 April

Work to revamp facilities at the Miners' Welfare Ground in Chilton is expected to start soon.

Why beating Man Utd meant so much to Newcastle fanspublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 15 April

Stalker tormented ex with threats and visitspublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 15 April

Despite concerns from the probation service, Mohammed Elgamal is given a suspended prison sentence.

Man collected child sex images during pandemicpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 15 April

Scott Morrison's more than 4,000 image haul included graphic sexual abuse of a baby, a court hears.

Carrick 'doing a decent job' but 'has no plan B'published at 11:36 British Summer Time 15 April

BBC Sport asked for your views on the job Michael Carrick is doing at Middlesbrough - here's what you said.

Howe will return when he is 100% ready - Tindallpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 15 April

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe will miss at least the next two Premier League matches as no timeframe is given for his return.

Tindall on Howe, pulling together and Burn's car heroics published at 10:31 British Summer Time 15 April

Museum reopens but future funding still uncertainpublished at 09:41 British Summer Time 15 April

Middlesbrough Council say discussions are "ongoing" for the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum.

Sunderland should work with fans before play-offspublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 15 April

Kieron Brady says Sunderland should use things that "aren’t generally thought of as a norm within football" to inspire the team to the play-off final.

How will next season's European places be allocated?published at 08:06 British Summer Time 15 April

Council defends seeking Saudi investmentpublished at 06:11 British Summer Time 15 April

Newcastle City Council's Pam Smith says not pursuing the investment would be "narrowing".

Baby bank volunteer boost after King's Award published at 06:09 British Summer Time 15 April

Charity CEO Steph Capewell says the award is an "honour" and has helped attract more volunteers.

Woman losing sleep over rats under floorboardspublished at 06:06 British Summer Time 15 April

A Stockton woman is living with a rat infestation and wants her landlord to rehouse her family.

Manchester Arena families in 'disbelief' bomber was able to attack officerspublished at 22:59 British Summer Time 14 April

Families of five of Hashem Abedi's victims tell the government he should not be allowed any privileges in prison, in a letter seen by the BBC.

A1 dualling hit by lack of government 'enthusiasm'published at 19:55 British Summer Time 14 April

The axed scheme to upgrade a 13-mile (20km) stretch is discussed at a Northumberland hustings event.

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