No trains are running in both directions between Heworth and Brockley Whins and Heworth and Jarrow

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution, is now 'speaking in full sentences' and walking more independently, according to her attorney

The sculptures have raised £300,000 for St Oswald's Hospice at auction

Ridvan Fangaj, who is from Albania, was caught looking after plants at a semi-detached house in Washington

The Tyne Bridge will be closed for 10 days as repair works move onto its famous arch

Sam Coutts tragically took his own life at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington

Both Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough councils want to use anti-social behaviour powers to deal with trouble-causing balaclava wearers

A mother was forced to give up her job to care for her eight-year-old autistic son after his needs could not be met through existing educational provision, as Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume warns of a growing crisis facing unpaid carers

A judge told Daniel Lloyd to 'start putting his children first. You are the only father they will ever have'

Locals are still awaiting a decision on the wider plans, which could see another Lidl store open in Middlesbrough