The new path offers step-free access between North Shields town centre and the Fish Quay below.

Persimmon says it enlisted the help of a local historian to pick street names relevant to Claxton.

A punk Christmas hit and mushrooms growing on prison walls - just some of this week's stories.

The first bleed kit, which contains tourniquets and gels, has been installed in Sunderland.

Northumbria Police officers are deployed to Gateshead's town centre for the next 11 weeks.

Leaders from the combined authority's five member councils agree a draft budget for 2025-26.

Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris speaks to BBC Radio Newcastle after 2-1 win over Norwich

The South West Extension project is one of the largest housing developments under way in the town.

Calls for further scrutiny lead to the parks takeover being put on hold until a full council debate.

Three-year-old Bea is "thriving" after having a heart transplant at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.

Some of Kamran Adil's properties in Blackhall Colliery suffer from damp, mould and structural concerns.

A knitting group use their skills to brighten a village's parking bollards with a Christmas twist.

Due to mechanical problems the bridge, which is almost 150-years-old, is unable to rotate.

Nexus says it needs "to be realistic" and is currently unable to maintain trains south of the Tyne.

Extra patrols are in place around Chester-le-Street town centre following an incident during the week.

Nathaniel Morley thought he was messaging a 14-year-old girl but it was a decoy account, a court hears.

Andrew Fowler is sentenced for attempted murder, after he attacked Anastasia Wade in Darlington.

Lord Botham will become Durham's honorary president as businessman Phil Collins replaces him as club chair.

Christopher Bertram's victim says she has been left homeless after he set her house on fire.

Philip Woods had previously been convicted of making indecent images of children, a court hears.