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£18,000 personal tax allowance update as Treasury issues response
The Treasury has issued a formal response to a petition calling for the UK personal tax allowance to be raised to £18,000 as the frozen £12,570 threshold hits millions of workers
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Police issue update after woman taken to hospital following incident in Walker
Emergency services attended the scene at the junction of Scrogg Road and The Fossway with a 50-year-old man being arrested
Hopes for thousands of jobs in Northumberland as major industrial development plans approved
The applicant claimed it could bring millions of inward investment into the Cramlington area on land stood vacant for 20 years
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Northumberland car sales manager got customers to pay £33,000 into his own bank account
Ryan Knox sold a number of vehicles while working for Richard Hardie but pocketed the cash himself
Newcastle charity left 'devastated' after over £4,000-worth of tools stolen by thieves
Pathways 4 All, based at the Tim Lamb Centre in the Rising Sun Country Park in Benton, has been targeted by thieves
Gateshead Flyover demolition update as gap emerges where contractors have broken through
Contractors tearing down the A167 Gateshead flyover celebrated breaking through the full width of the concrete structure for the first time last Friday
Newcastle thug on 'cocaine bender' attacked his own mum saying 'you made me like this'
Jeff Stewart, 39, had been on a 'four-day cocaine bender' when he violently assaulted his mother over the Christmas holidays
Drunk yob attacks Hull car wash worker saying he's 'fed up of foreigners coming here'
The attack was unprovoked
Jill Halfpenny's son 'so happy' as he makes Channel 5 acting debut in Number One Fan
Number One Fan marks the Channel 5 debut for Jill Halfpenny's son Harvey Rhys Conway, who trained at SA Performing Arts Centre in Newcastle
Tyne and Wear Metro service suspension due to police incident at Longbenton
The yellow line has been suspended on Tuesday evening following a police incident
Winning EuroMillions and Thunderball numbers for Tuesday's £42m jackpot
All of the important details about the Euromillions and Thunderball draws
North Shields families' 'living nightmare' with swarm of rats invading their homes
Council house tenants are being terrorised by the rodents with them scurrying through their walls, cupboards, attics and kitchens
Abandoned newborn foal given 'limited chance of survival' to celebrate first birthday
Biggles has been nursed back to health after he was discovered with his umbilical cord still attached
Car reverses into Throckley home causing severe damage - what we know so far
Police officers descended on the Newcastle street today after a car reversed into the property on Monday night
Mum's 'heart smashed' after son, 16, illegally served alcohol before fatal crash
Hector Eccles crashed on his Polaris farm bike after drinking at Roggerham Gate Inn
Everything we know as car smashes into Gateshead house with police investigating
A car smashed into a property on Beacon Lough estate causing severe structural damage with those responsible fleeing the scene
'Everybody has had enough' – Walker voters have their say ahead of crunch Newcastle election
Voters in one of Newcastle's most deprived communities have urged whoever wins at this week's local elections to take action to deal with anti-social behaviour problems
Police helicopter dispatched in major 999 response to reports of man 'making threats to kill'
There was a huge police presence in Prudhoe and Ovingham close to the River Tyne with the helicopter also being called as part of a search
EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning Lottery numbers for Tuesday, May 5
The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's EuroMillions and Thunderball draws
Woman raped by stranger near Redheugh Bridge in early hours attack
Police are investigating after a woman reported she was raped by a man unknown to her in the area of the bridge linking Newcastle and Gateshead