Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris hails teenager Chris Rigg as a 'symbol' for the club after his derby winner against Middlesbrough.

The building would need "considerable investment" to continue as a police station, a force say.

The former Normanby Hotel will be turned into flats, shops, a restaurant and pub.

Police say a 26-year-old man has been charged with the production of cannabis.

Projects in the north-east of England and Cumbria have been put under review by the new government.

Bosses at the Tees Barrage Water Centre say: "No one else in the UK is offering what we can."

The leader of Sunderland City Council says discussions about how to improve the situation are ongoing.

Culprits caught begging or urinating in the street face up to a £100 fine, the council says.

The farm says it has received an "outpouring of support" but eight of its chickens remain stolen.

The man, in his 60s, was left with facial injuries after he was attacked in Stockton-on-Tees.

Dot Thompson worked as a lollipop lady in North Shields for more than 50 years.

Lewis Bell died at the scene of the attack early on Thursday.

Holtec selected South Yorkshire as a site for its factory, disappointing Carlisle and Tees Valley.

The gang charged illegal migrants up to £10,000 to be hidden in vehicles and smuggled into the UK.

Three men were kidnapped and taken to a garage to be tortured over a £10,000 drugs debt.

Newcastle council leader Nick Kemp says he "strenuously refutes" any allegations of bullying.

The mother of Joanne Tulip says her daughter's killer Steven Ling remains a "real danger to women".

Katherine Watson worked as the head of chaplaincy at Newcastle NHS trust.

A dual carriageway is to be made into single lanes so the housing developments can go ahead.

William Mee threatened a woman at knifepoint as she was unloading her shopping outside a supermarket.