Riley, who has cancer, is surprised after an online appeal to meet the Marvel star.

A private investor is planning to turn the old bank building into 26 one-bed and studio apartments.

Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith has been out for nearly 13 months since suffering a ruptured Achilles.

The Bishop of Newcastle says she did not take the decision 'lightly' to reveal a letter's contents.

Hartlepool Borough Council is told Intro Bar started operating despite no planning permission.

Trevor English is jailed for covertly recording young men and boys in lavatories.

Former PM Gordon Brown hopes the Tees Valley Multibank will help "put a smile on every child's face".

The watchdog confirms it is assessing information about a councillor who helped reopen the facility.

The pair's home is closed after residents reported screaming, fighting and late-night parties.

Owner PD Ports says action is needed to stop wild camping on the peninsula by Redcar Beach.

The trust says it it took the decision following feedback from patients and their families.

A woman in her 60s remains in police custody following the death of a man in Elswick.

Sunderland player Luke O'Nien opens the unit at the hospital where both his children were born.

It forms the latest proposal for Sunderland's Sheepfolds area.

A petition to relocate the town's Christmas tree to the town centre gets more than 750 signatures.

The urgent treatment centre in Newcastle's West End will not reopen, it is announced.

Luton and Sunderland are fined by the Football Association for a mass confrontation at the end of their Championship game last month.