Mum first in area to foster child through new schemepublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 30 June
Laura says her two daughters are excited to welcome a baby boy into their home.
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Mum first in area to foster child through new schemepublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 30 June
Man dies and seven ill amid contaminated pills fearpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 29 June
17:05 BST 29 JunePolice believe a "potentially contaminated" batch of zopiclone may be being shared in Stockon-on-Tees.
Read MoreAdult learning funding cuts postponedpublished at 05:40 British Summer Time 29 June
05:40 BST 29 JuneA plan to stop grants and have education providers in the North East bid for contracts is delayed.
Read MoreWorcestershire sign Surrey spinner Virdi on loanpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 28 June
19:12 BST 28 JuneStruggling Worcestershire sign Surrey spinner Amar Virdi on a one-game County Championship loan.
Read MoreFirst of three weeks of bin strikes cancelledpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 28 June
18:03 BST 28 JuneA council says the first week of a planned three-week walkout by the GMB union has been scrapped.
Read MoreJudge gives teen burglar second chancepublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 28 June
17:22 BST 28 JuneThe judge says the boy's crimes were "awful" but he is impressed with his conduct since.
Read MoreSchool lockdown amid air weapon fearspublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 28 June
17:03 BST 28 JunePolice search fields behind the school but find no trace of two allegedly armed teenagers.
Read MoreCannabis farmer 'paying debt to people smugglers'published at 16:24 British Summer Time 28 June
16:24 BST 28 JuneAn Albanian man is jailed after being caught with 120 cannabis plants in a house in Middlesbrough.
Read MoreTransport hub plan to support steelmaking approvedpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 28 June
14:56 BST 28 JuneThe new hub will be built to support British Steel's planned electric arc steelmaking facility.
Read MoreMan charged with murder after stabbing deathpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 28 June
13:05 BST 28 JuneThe 28-year-old man has been remanded in custody and will appear in court on 2 July.
Read MorePort's warehouse roof to be removed after firepublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 28 June
11:37 BST 28 JuneThe contents of the building are also being removed so they can be cooled to prevent another fire.
Read MoreCouncil pushes for fresh letting board restrictionspublished at 06:20 British Summer Time 28 June
06:20 BST 28 JuneDurham Council wants to renew restrictions on the display of signs for another five years.
Read MoreBus service changes leave passengers concernedpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 27 June
19:00 BST 27 JuneArriva is to withdraw two bus routes and revise 19 others in County Durham, Darlington and Wearside.
Read MoreIllegal driver crashed while fleeing from policepublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 27 June
16:44 BST 27 JuneAntony Gardiner says he panicked because he thought he would be told off for not wearing a seatbelt.
Read MoreMan sent 'inexcusable' nude photos to girl, 13published at 16:16 British Summer Time 27 June
16:16 BST 27 JuneRyan Malloy receives a suspended jail term for sending sexual images to the teenager over Snapchat.
Read MoreMan jailed for pregnant woman and standoff threatspublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 27 June
15:33 BST 27 JuneGeoffrey Burn was jailed for two separate incidents in Washington.
Read MoreMiddlesbrough visit Leeds in Carabao Cup openerpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 27 June
15:23 BST 27 JuneLast season's Carabao Cup semi-finalists Middlesbrough are drawn away to Leeds in the first round of the 2024-25 competition.
Read MoreTriathlete Kate Waugh says Olympic decision was 'touch and go'published at 14:31 British Summer Time 27 June
14:31 BST 27 JuneGreat Britain triathlon hopeful Kate Waugh says her controversial inclusion in the Olympic team was a difficult decision.
Read MoreMan jailed for threatening bus driver with toy gunpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 27 June
13:38 BST 27 JuneDarren Wilkinson was "extremely intoxicated" when he brandished a cap gun, a court hears.
Read MoreWoman stole hospitalised friend's watchespublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 27 June
13:23 BST 27 JuneJanet Behrsing admits selling the timepieces while the owner was having a foot amputated.
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