Local News
North East council failures left special needs child with 'no suitable education' for more than a year
The council has agreed to pay £5,900 to the family of a child who was promised specialist technology to help them learn at home, which was never delivered
Local messages
Northumberland council leader insists capital programme is affordable despite budget pressures
This year's capital programme contains over £300 million of spending on new schools, roads and regeneration schemes
No arrests one year after man raped on Newcastle back street
The attacker is said to be of stocky build and spoke with a strong Geordie accent
Get Weekly Updates
Get the headlines in your inbox every week.
Brave members of the public stopped man's frenzied attack on ex wife in Newcastle street
Munwar Alsubhi was visiting Newcastle to see his daughters when he launched a shocking attack on his former wife
Neighbour filmed Ashington husband kicking and grabbing wife during party in their garden
Nicholas Sexton was witnessed assaulting his partner during at a summer social gathering
Northumberland beach among 13 new designated bathing sites proposed by Government
The Government has proposed 13 new designated bathing sites across England
North East rogue trader who conned 24 victims of more than £31,000 is jailed
Mark Thirkell, 49, would take deposit or down payments but often didn't return to carry out the work
Moment dangerous driver crashes stolen car into stationary traffic during County Durham police chase
Carl Hollywood has now been jailed
Four people arrested and thousands of pounds worth of drugs seized in South Tyneside
Police carried out early morning raids at two South Tyneside properties on Monday (February 9) as part of Operation Impact
Newcastle teenage girl had knife held to throat as she was kidnapped in case of mistaken identity
Tommy Burns and Sean Burns left the innocent teenager petrified by dragging her into an alley and threatening to slit her throat
North East weather shows region set for respite from the rain and snow
A Met Office Yellow weather warning for snow and ice is currently in place across much of the North East
Parents of North East boy with neuroblastoma raise the £393,000 needed for treatment in Rome
Benny Bahmanizad was diagnosed with the rare cancer after he began to limp
Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, February 12
Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years
Inmates 'absolutely freezing' in North East prison after being left without heating and hot water for a week
The Northumberland mentor of an inmate is advocating for the welfare of the prisoners saying 'It's hard for their dignity'
Labour blasts 'total mess' Reform as Sunderland councillor quits party three months after being elected
Councillor Ian McKinley was elected to the Hetton ward in November in a by-election
Host of '80s and '90s stars to take over North East landmark for two-day music festival
For the first time in its 600-year history, Lumley Castle will host a major music festival.
Efforts to plant huge forest in North East with 600,000 trees hit by legal challenge
Lanchester Properties says it is has shouldered costs in the case against Forestry Commission to give residents a voice but developers say it is only 'delaying the inevitable'
Police searching for wanted Newcastle man 'actively evading arrest'
Thomas Hall is the subject of extensive enquiries by Northumbria Police, with officers appealing for information from members of the public
Washington Wetlands Centre boss stole £19,000 from charity to fund his gambling addiction
Stephen Street betrayed the trust of the charity who employed him to fund his gambling habit during a difficult period in his life
Ombudsman orders North Tyneside Council to pay family thousands after child left without school place for a year
North Tyneside Council has agreed to pay thousands of pounds to a family after a child was left without a school place for a year.