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'She's absolutely smashing it' - Eight-year-old Blyth girl winning swimming competitions across the UK
Cora Robinson has been swimming with Blyth Lifeguard & Swimming Club from a young age
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Northumberland County Council ordered to pay out more than £2,000 after failing to educate child following illness
It followed an Ombudsman investigation
Viral outdoor campaigner backs High Borrans as he calls closure 'disgraceful'
Geordie Ramblers has amassed a significant social media following, sharing green spaces in the North East
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Savage Gateshead thug left social club customer disfigured for life in horrific ear biting attack
Craig Hewitt was on court bail for biting another stranger's ear when he carried out an almost identical attack
'Vital for future generations' - Tyneside student nurses celebrated amid project which will help key NHS shift
Student nurses in our area are being given more experience of working in GP practices than ever before
Gateshead Flyover traffic chaos fears as busy roundabout to shut for 26 days from this weekend
The busy Park Lane roundabout, which links the Felling Bypass to the Tyne Bridge, will be closed for 26 days starting this Saturday night to allow for the next phase of the Gateshead Flyover demolition
North East GP practice found to 'not care about the wellbeing of some staff' despite improvements
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has upgraded the rating of Lanchester Medical Centre in County Durham from inadequate to requires improvement overall following an inspection in April
Andy Burnham reveals details of his first meeting at new No 10 North base
Prime Minister says Manchester HQ will be 'the situation room for making Britain better'
Gateshead antisocial behaviour teams to visit areas where bins left out
Gateshead Council's environmental antisocial behaviour teams will check back lanes the day after waste collections, and 'take enforcement action where necessary'
Kevin Keegan's Harley Davidson sells for £35,000 at auction
The Newcastle United legend asked H&H Classic to sell his bike just five months ago, and a portion of the profit made will go to Cancer Research
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Watch the moment a North East teenager's pain disappeared after five heartbreaking years
This is what happened when the team at the Great North Children's Hospital turned on Ralph Seed's new implant
Extra trains to run for Newcastle to Edinburgh Fringe Festival rail passengers
TransPennine Express has added more services between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley for August - here are the full details
Port of Tyne's nurdle response 'should have been faster', says Mayor
Karen Clark says that she will be seeking answers from the Port of Tyne about the speed of its initial response and the effectiveness of its communications
Free swimming lessons across County Durham as health boss urges parents to take 'simple steps'
NHS and council bosses are urging parents and carers to take care with any amount of water around their children
Newcastle man to appear at Crown Court after armed police called to residential street in Westerhope
Lee Jones appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with one count of wounding with intent and one count of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place
Wallsend man's ordeal as new kitchen fitting leaves him 'in limbo' months later
John Denholm has been living in the Home Group property for 18 years, with the work originally scheduled for late April
Albanian university student tourist became 'resident gardener' at large North East cannabis farm
Musa Qaushi was caught cultivating cannabis at a house in Sunderland and has now been jailed
'Polluter pays' with investigation underway to determine who will foot bill for nurdle Port of Tyne clean up
Around 25 tonnes of nurdles are understood to have entered the River Tyne since a crash between the Wind Orca and BG Orange at the Port of Tyne on Sunday