Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

The toss is now scheduled to take place at 10.45am and play is set to begin at 11.15am. We have had a delay because of a heavy shower earlier and the forecast suggests we could be dodging a few more throughout the day.

It will be interesting to see which two overseas players Durham go with this week. David Bedingham and Codi Yusuf have returned from international duty with South Africa. Yusuf has signed a new short-term contract until September.

But former New Zealand bowler Neil Wagner is also here. He managed part of one game for Durham last season. That was against Notts but he injured his shoulder during it and that was that.

Peter Robinson shares his photographs of the North Shields fishing fleet taken over 10 years.

Former miners hope they will finally learn the truth of what happened on that day in June 1984.

Northumberland councillor Guy Renner-Thompson says the girl's situation worsened in recent years.

The Home Office says the pause is because Sunderland has "met its targets".

Companies say high-speed links would boost passenger numbers and free up capacity for rail freight.

The files, which were destroyed last year, were related to the 1984 so-called Battle of Orgreave.

Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says midfielder Hayden Hackney is "fully committed" to the club despite being linked with Premier League teams.

Jennifer Gallacher, who has spinal muscular atrophy, says Middlesbrough Council reduced her care.

The BBC understands there are currently no plans to transfer the roles to new facility Glassworks.

Black and mixed-race women in the north-east of England are calling for further legal protections.

They include a major event heading to Middlesbrough and funding to save a noteable railway building.

With the facility due to open next summer, some staff have been given a glimpse of its interior.