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Metro bid for £400m signalling upgrade cashpublished at 06:10 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March

Operator Nexus applies for £400m government cash to replace the "safety-critical" ageing system.

West Ham 0-1 Newcastle - Barnes takes his chancepublished at 22:12 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

West Ham 0-1 Newcastle - send us your thoughtspublished at 21:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Man charged over deaths of three bikers in crashpublished at 20:23 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Andrew Lartey, 30, Georgia Tate, 23, and Jason Gibbon, 37, died in the collision last July.

Charity 'hopeful' over new domestic abuse powers published at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Cleveland Police is part of a pilot to determine the impact of new domestic abuse powers.

Passengers share thoughts on Metro vape ban planpublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Anyone caught vaping on Metro trains and in Metro stations could face a fine of up to £1,000.

Roberts 'available' after injury scare - Le Brispublished at 16:51 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris speaks to the media before the Black Cats' Championship game against Preston North End.

Veteran, 98, handed France's highest honourpublished at 16:29 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Dennis Smith is presented with the honour for his role in the liberation of France.

Attackers left woman afraid to leave her housepublished at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

The two men punched and kicked the woman and her partner in a Sunderland street, a court hears.

New site found for pupils of 'unsafe' schoolpublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Prudhoe High School bosses say they hope to be able to reveal where it is soon.

Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v QPRpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

The key stats ahead of Middlesbrough’s clash with QPR in the Championship on Tuesday night.

Man who spread 'vile' racism online spared jailpublished at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

A judge says Lee Cole's brain injury made him "extremely vulnerable" to indoctrination.

Coroner flags ambulance concerns after man's deathpublished at 12:55 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

A report says delays and errors contributed to the death of Sunderland man Jack Shields, 29.

Staveley 'so proud' before Newcastle's return to Wembleypublished at 12:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Homes evacuated after vehicle reverses into housepublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Police say the house on Albourne Green was empty at the time.

Murderer of break-in intervention 'hero' jailedpublished at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

The court hears John Smyth was killed as he tried to stop George Ness breaking into a woman's flat.

Woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murderpublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

A 19-year-old man is in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed in the Teams area of Gateshead.

'Masquerading' child abuser jailed for 19 yearspublished at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Gary Moorhead's victim says he acted as a community stalwart but was really a child abuser.

Should Newcastle save Isak?published at 07:56 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

Sutton's predictions: West Ham v Newcastlepublished at 07:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March

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