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Empty places in Northumberland schools top 12,000 due to low birth rate

One rural partnership has 50% of places unfilled

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Bid to keep temporary Gateshead Quayside car park in place until 2029

The car park that serves the tenants of Baltic Place could be kept in place

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Fears over North East council reliance on AI after 'terrifying' errors

A councillor in Newcastle aired fears this week over efforts to get local authority staff to use artificial intellingence more, after reports of it making major errors

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North East bully threatened ex he'd 'kill her and terrorise her family' during attack in her own home

Mark Amery, of Sunderland, has made the victim's life an 'absolute misery' and has assaulted her previously

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Leading North East GP warns drinking and smoking cause cancer by damaging our DNA

Dr David Cummins has joined campaigners highlighting the combined risk of drinking and smoking

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Row erupts as Sunderland Council accused of 'blocking' takeover of community centre

Active Families NE was told it had won a bidding process to take over the lease at the centre - but the move has been put on "indefinite" hold

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North East fire service named best in UK with prestigious national awards

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service has been recognised with two separate honours on an 'exceptional night'

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North East pub owner bravely fought off knife wielding burglars during terrifying invasion

Geoff Moon fought off two armed intruders who had broken into the Welcome Tavern

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Person taken to hospital after crash involving vehicle and electric scooter in Gateshead

Both Northumbria Police and the North East Ambulance Service were in attendance at the incident

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'Callous and calculating' - Police condemn rapist who showed no remorse after deliberately infecting men with HIV

Adam Hall has been convicted of offences including rape and GBH with intent, at Newcastle Crown Court today, after almost 43 hours of deliberations

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Set For Life results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Thursday, March 5

Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years

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Gateshead enters race for Town of Culture 2028

Gateshead could soon be considered for Town of Culture following changes to the competition to allow larger places to apply

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North East paedophile sentenced after arranging to meet 14-year-old boy for sex

James Graham, 24, was actually speaking to a police officer online

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North East rapist found guilty of deliberately infecting seven men with HIV

Adam Hall has been convicted of a series of offences of rape and GBH with intent after a lengthy trial at Newcastle Crown Court

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Newcastle's first non-white lord mayor to step down from city council after 16 years

Habib Rahman, who became Newcastle's first non-white lord mayor in the top civic post's 800-year history in 2021, is stepping down after 16 years as a councillor for Elswick

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Major changes to design of ‘transformational’ Northumberland theatre redevelopment approved

The plans had been approved in October but big changes have been made

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Newcastle parks cafes were 'haemorrhaging money and needed shutting down'

Two Newcastle park cafes were “haemorrhaging” money and had to be shut down, council bosses have insisted.

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Closed Newcastle parks cafes were 'haemorrhaging' money, council says

Newcastle City Council has recently shut down its cafes in Exhibition Park and Paddy Freeman's and told politicians this week that the "demand just was not there" to justify keeping them open

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Nissan plays down reports of Sunderland plant closure threat

The company, which employs around 6,000 people in the North East, is battling the EU over new rules for electric vehicles and other industries

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'I slept at the side of the stage while my dad performed live with stars like Tina Turner'

A proud son has looked back on his dad John Miles’ mega career in music which took off 50 years ago this week.