From Thursday new crackdown will start on people owing money to Department for Work and Pensions using new powers

Two ambulance crews and an air ambulance were sent to the scene

Householders on a standard energy tariff will be affected by the increase - here are more details about the rise in costs

The medical helicopter went down on Wednesday night

October brings with it a whole raft of financial changes

The new owners Landsec are thought to have beaten Mike Ashley's Frasers Group to seal the £516m deal

We have rounded up all the North East offenders who were given prison sentences by judges for crimes including sex offences, robbery, burglary and assault

Objections have been lodged to plans to join three flats into a nine bedroom home of multiple occupancy

The councillor said it had become impossible to train due to other users 'hogging machines

It warns gambling can affect everything from relationships to crime and even create a suicide risk

The 24-year-old as murdered by her obsessive ex in Gateshead almost 10 years ago

Richard Hunter, along with two other men, also left finger prints at the scene after stealing £1,450-worth of cash and cables

Northumbria Police have confirmed that he has now been found safe and well after he was last seen around midday Wednesday

A car, which had three teenagers inside, plunged into the water in Sunderland on Tuesday afternoon sparking a huge 999 response and River Wear search which ended in tragedy

One person was hospitalised following a crash on a rural route in west Northumberland

All of the important details about the Lotto and Thunderball draws

The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's Lotto and Thunderball draws

Arrangements are being made for the remains to be removed following discussions with the HM Coastguard, Northumberland County Council said

Graffiti targeting celebrities such as Danny Dyer and Nigella Lawson has appeared in a Tyneside suburb

The TV icon's family have shared a statement

Evie Owens was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma after slipping in a puddle and experiencing pain for weeks after the accident

2 Pilgrim Place will be the last piece in the transformation of Pilgrim Street and companies are queuing up to become a part of it

Liam Beamson was doing 45mph in a 30 zone while repeatedly looking at his phone and didn't see a man crossing the road in Byker until it was too late

A selection of tributes to people who have passed away around the North East

A teenage girl and two boys died in a shocking incident which saw a car crash into the River Wear on Tuesday