A Reform UK taskforce will analyse council spending, with the timeframe for Durham to be confirmed.

The government agrees the final £6.3m Tyne Bridge repair cash after putting it on hold last year.

A 42-year-old man driving a Land Rover dies in a crash with a lorry near Castle Eden in Durham.

Gateshead expect to appoint a new manager next week despite a Fifa ban on player registration.

The ban is to stop "indiscriminate parking" in Barnard Castle, the council says.

Northern Ireland team-mates Daniel Ballard and Trai Hume discuss their different paths to the Premier League with Sunderland.

The firm says the cost will be met by shareholders rather than increasing customers' bills.

A week of action by Northumbria Police also sees more than 160 people arrested.

Many elderly residents face the upheaval of being rehoused if the tower block is torn down.

Taylor Wimpey wants to build two to five-bedroom homes on land south of Yarm.

Jessica Thorpe, who runs the Slice of Jess channel, is to get compensation for her unfair dismissal.

Four parish councillors are told to take conduct training after the two-year probe.

Nexus says it is a historic moment, with the money also going towards other transport projects.

Mayor Ben Houchen says it will include projects such as Middlesbrough bus station's redevelopment.