Rural people face hospital delays, councillor sayspublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 17 July
Health officials are questioned on what the NHS is doing to reduce the wait times.
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Rural people face hospital delays, councillor sayspublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 17 July
Sex offender jailed after child crime phone searchpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 17 July
16:57 BST 17 JulyPolice find further crimes on Kurtis Randall's phone during routine sex offender monitoring.
Read MoreFire brigade counts cost of one month's arsonpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 17 July
15:09 BST 17 JulyThe economic cost and number of fires recorded by Cleveland Fire Brigade are down on last year.
Read MoreCrash death murder-accused reported van stolenpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 17 July
12:53 BST 17 JulyThe heavily damaged vehicle was found abandoned a short while after the fatal crash, a court hears.
Read MoreDelayed new leisure centre in financial troublepublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 17 July
11:51 BST 17 JulyThere is still no date for completing the centre which was originally due to open this summer.
Read More'Significant challenges' in dentistrypublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 17 July
11:37 BST 17 JulyA councillor tells a health scrutiny meeting in Durham that more NHS dentists have gone private.
Read MoreCannabis plants worth £400,000 seized by policepublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 17 July
11:15 BST 17 JulyPolice say no-one has been arrested in connection with the farm but an investigation is continuing.
Read MoreMetro up and running after 'major disruption'published at 09:16 British Summer Time 17 July
09:16 BST 17 JulyTrains are operating again but subject to delays after an earlier problem at Haymarket, Nexus says.
Read MoreConcussion may raise risk of MND, research suggestspublished at 06:14 British Summer Time 17 July
06:14 BST 17 JulyScientists hope the discovery will lead to a "toolkit" to monitor former players.
Read More'Anti-social behaviour makes me scared all the time'published at 06:11 British Summer Time 17 July
06:11 BST 17 JulyKumudini Nicola has complained to her local council about the issues but still faces abuse.
Read MoreThree deaths may be linked to 'dangerous drugs batch'published at 19:42 British Summer Time 16 July
19:42 BST 16 JulyPolice are investigating three deaths which they believe may be linked to a 'dangerous drugs batch'.
Read MoreMetro delays caused by 'obsolete' partspublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 16 July
17:10 BST 16 JulyIt is like "trying to keep a huge number of classic cars on the road", said one official.
Read MoreSunderland defender Ballard may miss start of seasonpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 16 July
16:40 BST 16 JulySunderland announce that defender Dan Ballard is set to be out for about six weeks following an injury to his knee
Read More'Our club bonds us together in life and death'published at 15:58 British Summer Time 16 July
15:58 BST 16 JulyBereaved Sunderland AFC fans are being given part of the club's pitch in honour of their loved ones.
Read MoreMore children to be auto-enrolled for free mealspublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 16 July
14:13 BST 16 JulyThe council says those eligible could save hundreds of pounds, as well as bringing in more funding.
Read MorePainting hidden for 400 years used as album coverpublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 16 July
13:16 BST 16 JulyThe mystery artwork, owned by the Bowes Museum, is now being used by musician Hank Sullivant.
Read MoreMurder-accused van driver targeted us - boypublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 16 July
12:01 BST 16 JulyA 16-year-old boy, who was one of four people hit by a van, says the driver made straight for them.
Read MoreSchools call on PM to act on joint manifestopublished at 06:01 British Summer Time 16 July
06:01 BST 16 JulyA network led by headteachers says urgent change is needed to improve educational outcomes.
Read MoreThree found guilty of killing man in stabbingpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 15 July
20:23 BST 15 JulyA man and teenager are convicted of murder while another is found guilty of manslaughter.
Read MoreCowboy builders who conned elderly victims jailedpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 15 July
17:38 BST 15 JulyThe gang fleeced vulnerable homeowners across England and Wales out of a total of £1.2m.
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