1. Resident anger at shelter refurbishment in summerpublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 28 July

    The only shelter on the lower promenade in Saltburn is closed for weeks for refurbishment.

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  2. Tougher conservation area planning rules proposedpublished at 06:08 British Summer Time 28 July

    A consultation is under way on the plans, with similar changes also suggested for Durham city.

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  3. Council defends £100k feasibility study for tippublished at 06:06 British Summer Time 28 July

    Opposition councillors say the Killingworth project is expensive and unnecessary.

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  4. Children's home praised by inspectorspublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 27 July

    The Redcar Council-owned children's home is praised for its management, leadership and safeguarding.

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  5. Former mayor granted Freedom of Boroughpublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 27 July

    Labour stalwart Dame Norma Redfearn has been bestowed North Tyneside Council's highest honour.

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  6. College campus plan submitted for business parkpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 27 July

    The proposed college at Doxford International Business Park could teach social care and fashion.

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  7. Manslaughter suspect released on bail published at 14:41 British Summer Time 27 July

    Police are asking anyone with information about what happened to contact the force.

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  8. Teesside stories you might have missed this weekpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 27 July

    They include controversial plans to demolish a £1.7m cycle lane and a major win for one arm-wrester.

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  9. Wearside stories you might have missed this weekpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 27 July

    Stories include a probe into breast cancer care, the Metro extension and 400 wedding dresses.

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  10. Tyneside stories you might have missed this weekpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 27 July

    A thief who stole a £10,000 sculpture was jailed and Lucy Bronze's nan speaks of her success.

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  11. Police encourage sign-up to missing veteran schemepublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 27 July

    The Forcer Protocol aims to make sure police have key information when looking for missing veterans.

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  12. Electric motorbike rider, 19, dies in crashpublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 27 July

    The man was given treatment at the scene but died a short time later, police said.

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  13. False fire alarms costing service £225k a yearpublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 27 July

    Changes are being made to reduce false call outs which are proving costly for a fire service.

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  14. Much-delayed extra care housing scheme approvedpublished at 07:29 British Summer Time 27 July

    Sunderland City Council approves the plans first brought forward in 2022.

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  15. Sunderland fall to heavy 3-0 defeat against Heartspublished at 19:03 British Summer Time 26 July

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  16. Nissan supplier exploring wind turbine planpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 26 July

    The company has asked the council for "scoping opinion" for plans to install a wind turbine on site.

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  17. Manslaughter arrest over woman's deathpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 26 July

    Police say officers found the woman dead at a house on Cornfield Road in Thornaby on Friday.

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  18. Meet Jaeger, the stray pup being trained to fight crimepublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 26 July

    The Belgian Malinois pup starts training after being found stray on the streets of Hartlepool.

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  19. Newcastle Women cross Tyne to new homepublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 26 July

    Newcastle United Women are set to play their 2025-26 matches across the river from their home city.

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  20. Derelict land brought back as community gardenpublished at 09:56 British Summer Time 26 July

    Durham County Council unveils the new green space which replaces a derelict shop unit.

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