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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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
Major changes to design of ‘transformational’ Northumberland theatre redevelopment approved
The plans had been approved in October but big changes have been made
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.
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
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
'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.