1. Closure and merger plan for two schools put on holdpublished at 09:40 GMT 27 November

    North Tyneside Council says alternative proposals have emerged which it will consider.

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  2. College's business park campus plans resubmittedpublished at 08:32 GMT 27 November

    A councillor says empty buildings in the park "could be a suitable use" for a campus.

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  3. Gateshead sign Oxford's Elliott-Wheeler on loanpublished at 17:03 GMT 26 November

    Aidan Elliott-Wheeler moves to Gateshead on loan until 4 January from Championship club Oxford United.

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  4. Recording studio plans given approval published at 16:22 GMT 26 November

    The Grade II listed Coronation Buildings will house recording, podcasting and editing facilities.

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  5. Review finds breast cancer 'weaknesses over years'published at 15:59 GMT 26 November

    It is feared that failures at the trust may have affected thousands of patients.

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  6. Drivers refused taxi licences over convictionspublished at 13:05 GMT 26 November

    Stockton Council turns down bids from two drivers for private hire licences.

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  7. Common knowledge rape accused had HIV, jurors toldpublished at 11:50 GMT 26 November

    A complainant's relative says he would have warned him about Adam Hall if he knew they would meet.

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  8. Family's warning as crypto scam cost man £3,000published at 11:05 GMT 26 November

    Scammers built up a relationship over the phone with the South Tyneside man, his family say.

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  9. Gossip: Black Cats keen on AC Milan's Gimenezpublished at 07:45 GMT 26 November

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  10. Dogs poisoned by drugs on litter-strewn walk pathpublished at 06:20 GMT 26 November

    The Sunderland dog owner warns others to avoid the path after his dogs fell ill after their walks.

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  11. Special educational needs shake-up approvedpublished at 06:16 GMT 26 November

    North Tyneside Council says the reorganisation will "better reflect" pupils' changing requirements.

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  12. Driver admits causing law student's deathpublished at 17:59 GMT 25 November

    Liam Bowes is to be sentenced in March for killing Ms Eggleston at Neville's Cross last month.

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  13. NHS chief answers patient questionspublished at 17:40 GMT 25 November

    The BBC puts patient questions, including about appointments and wait times, to Dr Neil O'Brien.

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  14. Plan for 500 homes despite 'don't build them' pleapublished at 17:27 GMT 25 November

    Resident responses to the scheme include "shelve it", "it needs to be scrapped" and "I'm fuming".

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  15. Residents battling 'excessive dust for five years'published at 17:15 GMT 25 November

    People living close to a business park say are worried about any health implications.

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  16. Man charged with murder of 23-year-oldpublished at 16:01 GMT 25 November

    Mohammed Shaan Ali Rasul, 23, was found dead at the property in Allerton Close, Hartlepool.

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  17. Call to bring back children's library bus rejectedpublished at 15:54 GMT 25 November

    The council turns down calls to bring the service back for North Tyneside children.

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  18. Man feared his life was over after unknown-HIV sexpublished at 13:47 GMT 25 November

    Adam Hall, who denies any wrongdoing, had unprotected sex with the man in his car, a court hears.

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  19. Park maze misused as 'public toilet' removedpublished at 11:45 GMT 25 November

    The maze, designed by schoolchildren in 2004, was a magnet for anti-social behaviour, bosses say.

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  20. 'Tactically we got it wrong' but Black Cats can't dwell on failingspublished at 08:54 GMT 25 November

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