Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2026 will be held in Herrington Country Park, Sunderland, from Friday 22 May - Sunday 24 May 2026

Blue Islands flew its three direct weekly flights to the Channel Islands from Newcastle Airport for the first time this summer

The fire broke out at the flat on Langthwaite Walk

A 31-year-old man is due to at Teesside Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with murdering Anthony Lee Dickons

The five main political parties in England are each putting forward a candidate in December’s Middlesbrough Council by-election

Drug dealer Billy Hands, 27, was jailed at Teesside Crown Court for selling cocaine

Raymond Downing has been jailed for 20 weeks after stealing £8 worth of goods from Morrisons

Headteacher Bernadette Rizzi-Allan says St Bede’s Catholic Academy 'is a remarkable beacon in the local community'

A Stockton Council committee heard statistics for children who are not in school, and the wide range of reasons for absences

Plans to appoint Capital and Centric as Middlesbrough Council’s development partner to lead the regeneration of Middlehaven have been confirmed

The Campsites.co.uk winners of the 2025 Camping and Glamping Awards have been announced, with several in North Yorkshire

A scrutiny report called for the evaluation of the cost benefits associated with such a move which it was predicted could increase recycling rates

Drug dealer Paul Harvey, 29, was jailed at Teesside Crown Court

The much-loved British band will be taking to the stage at Scarborough Open Air Theatre in North Yorkshire next summer - and you won't want to miss it.

Use our weather map to see if you will be affected as heavy snow is forecast across the UK

Eskdale Academy, in Eskdale Road, Hartlepool, was locked down after a man with an 'air rifle' was spotted nearby

A military bomb squad was called to the recycling centre after a 'suspicious item' was found

One person has been taken to hospital after emergency services were called to Conyers School and Sixth Form College

Emergency services were called to Puffin Court, in Yarm, on Monday morning, November 17

Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Teesside University Paul Croney OBE said 'receiving the accolade of University of the Year is a tremendous honour and a fitting culmination of our recent successes'

A 'cold health alert' issued in the North East as the region is expected to face freezing temperatures

Robert Campbell is planning to take court action after the incident at the MFG car wash at Morrisons in Redcar

Morgan Caldwell has been charged with murder and section 18 wounding following an alleged incident on November 6 in Orme Court

In The Park will return to Exhibition Park in July 2026 and will be headlined by Lewis Capaldi and Paul Weller, with more acts to be announced soon

Both of Hartlepool's lifeboats were called to the shoreline from the Heugh Breakwater at the Headland to Steetley Pier