Mavis was seen leaving her home on Tuesday and planned to go to Darlington town centre, police say.

Initial plans propose a 30-acre expansion to Stranton Cemetery and Crematorium.

A rare bat crashes into a car after a 1,000 mile trip and controversial plans for bus lane scrapped.

The arena was proposed for land on the site of the former Coatham Bowl entertainment venue in Redcar.

A library has been refurbished, seals born in an estuary have died and a GP has been struck off.

Councils in the North East join a census of homeless women amid pleas for safe female-only hostels.

Durham County Council is cutting the centres' repair budget but says urgent fixes will be made.

Plans for a new service station are green lit despite objections from more than 80 residents.

Plans are unveiled to replace Thornhill Academy in Sunderland with modern building and facilities.

Police seize an uninsured Porsche at HMP Frankland and give the driver directions to a bus station.

The three men attacked the youth as he was walking home from football practice, a court hears.

The MPs' action comes after 21 seal pups died weeks after being born at Seal Sands.

Sunderland City Council says every call about anti-social off-road biking gets a call back now.

A 40-year-old woman appears in court charged with the murder of an eight-year-old boy.

It is the second time Vietnamese national Ky Van Le is behind bars in the UK for growing cannabis.