Drivers are facing lengthy traffic delays at Sunderland this morning

Each store will have them for one day only, starting this week

How certain passengers will be affected by eligibility age change

Under Operation ORB, all off-road bikes and illegal e-scooters used antisocially or in crime will be seized and crushed

Plans include five minutes to decide whether to stay upon entering a car park

Ann Cleeves has addressed the possibility of Brenda Blethyn reprising her role as Vera Stanhope.

Legislation has been approved to expand the current pension rules

Matilda Burton, 13, and mum Sally said nurse Sophie Gilmour-Ivens had provided life-changing support

Sue Spencer, 59, went to hospital numerous times with concerns her cancer had returned, but said she was made to "feel guilty" about having such worries

Gateshead Council's housing repair service is getting around 7,500 phone calls every month, but escalating demand and staff shortages mean only 49.9% of those are being answered

Parents have been left furious after the council launched a consultation on a second bid to close the school

Alexander McClymont snatched a Newcastle University student's handbag as she walked through the city centre and made off with it

Stephen Hunter left the youth in fear by demanding his keys and pulling out a weapon

The ambulance service has shared advice and guidance on the biggest risks to people in the North East at this time of year

Action for Children will launch new criminal exploitation intervention services in Gateshead and North Tyneside, expanding on its programme already running in Newcastle

Christa Pike miraculously survived two doses of the lethal injection

The history of the Jarrow March has been brought to the fore on the 90th anniversary

Tonight's Set For Life could see one player scoop £10,000 every month for 30 years

We have everything you need to know about the Set for Life draw for Monday, October 19

Eight people have been killed in collisions on the A1 in Northumberland this year

Tyne and Wear Metro passengers have been warned that anyone playing loud music on its trains can be kicked off, after Andy Burnham unveiled a new campaign warning of fines up to £1,000

Tom Burton from Seven Stories reads to children and teenagers at the Great North Children's Hospital each Friday

Emergency services were called to the Jesmond Dene area of Newcastle following reports that a person fell down an embankment

Officers were called to Dream Apartments on City Road in Newcastle shortly after 12.40am on Sunday, where it was alleged that a group of men had held another man at the property

Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Susan Dungworth says tackling hatred remains a real challenge two years on from riots