Today, Newcastle's Emerson Chambers plays host to Waterstones bookshop, but over time various businesses have traded at the striking centre location

Anthony Hardy, who was known as the Camden Ripper, died after contracting Covid-19 pneumonia

Take a look around the stunning Medburn Lodge in Ponteland that has gone up for sale

Tim Bodani, 18, has become the first Walbottle Academy pupil in at least a decade to go to Oxford, and he wants to make the most of it

Developers North East Estates are now bidding to tear the building down, but neighbours fear that building new homes there could add to major parking and congestion problems

People have been convicted in North East courts of offences including attempted rape and GBH

Strictlly Come Dancing pro Gorka Marquez has argued Helen Skelton should have received better scores from the judges so far

The Masked Dancer viewers are convinced that Glee star Heather Morris is the star hiding in the Scissors costume

The festival is being held inside a large Bavarian beer hall located in Times Square

A bright Autumn day is in prospect on Saturday before rain moves back into the region on Sunday

People enjoying Oktoberfest at Times Square in Newcastle

Officers were shocked to see child travelling without as booster seat in the cab of vehicle as well as a catalogue of other issues

Owners could risk gum disease, eye infections, septic shock and gangrene from bacteria carried by the family pet

A fifth of households are considering cancelling the celebration, while many others look at loans to get them through festive season

Parents are urged to make sure their young children get the jab this year as tiny tots are the biggest group to be hospitalised so far

The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, October 21 - live breaking updates below

The city was one of six to make the shortlist to house Great British Railways (GBR), with hopes that the bid could bring hundreds of new jobs to Tyneside

Peter Wise has spoken out about his own mental health struggles, and wants to say a very special thank you

Now at 2million, infections are up 15% compared to the previous week, but are still way behind the late July peak, new Government figures show

The original As You Like It had been transformed in a £500,000 makeover last summer into Ibiza-theme bar Zarabanda Bing Bing

The arrival of another new Prime Minister is the latest potential stumbling block to a long-awaited deal to reunite the North East's councils under a new mayor

Both Labour and the Lib Dems pledge to encourage more tax transparency and reward good businesses.

Kristian Hagan, of Sunderland, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily with intent and assault on the baby

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has written to the government urging them to take 'urgent' action on rising costs

The presenter said that it was 'impossible to exaggerate the scale of the bedlam that this government has unleashed on our country'