Perrie Edwards is said to be 'in a great place' after welcoming baby Axel with her partner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Fifty years ago, Newcastle United experienced a week of extreme contrasts - losing to non-league Hereford United in the FA Cup, then beating Manchester United at Old Trafford seven days later

A number of takeaways, in places including Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Durham and Northumberland, have been given a low food hygiene score

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We take a look at some of the offenders who were sent to prison for committing crimes using weapons such as knives, machetes, glass and even household items

We take a look inside Cookie Freaks, a new bakery in Team Valley that has been a hit with Geordie Shore stars

David Spence was serving a life sentence and was recalled to HMP Northumberland in 2019 after a period of release

Covid case rates have fallen dramatically across the North East since Omicron's January peak

Michelle Crawford explained how her vulnerable cancer patients had been incredibly worried about catching Covid-19

Durham Constabulary's control team helped to save a woman in Canada after an intruder got into her home

Valeria Calpanchay says she went on a date with Netflix's Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev - real name, Shimon Hayut - after matching with him on the dating app in 2018

The animal welfare charity played cupid to help the otters' rehabilitation

Steven Goss groped the women and asked them to strip naked during treatments at his sports massage business, which he ran for six years

The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers for Friday, February 11 - live breaking updates below

A team of community paramedics will continue to operate in Berwick after the Northumberland NHS CCG confirmed "permanent funding".

Muoy Van Tram and Nam Dan Nguin were arrested on June 7, last year

Cancer survivors in County Durham and Newcastle have spoken of how they're nervous about the end of Covid self-isolation rules - but there's some optimism, too.

The UK has scrapped coronavirus testing for fully vaccinated travellers just in time for the February half-term holidays

From casual drinks to club-entry - here's what you can you expect to pay post-lockdown as we look to save with cost of living crisis looming

Researchers create a new tool linked to HM Land Registry which allows users to track sold property prices since 2016

Lindisfarne Castle was named as the third best romantic location for stargazing in the UK, however there were no other North East destinations on the list despite Northumberland having an International Dark Sky Park

Officials from HSE visited the site and identified a number of dangerous electrical faults putting workers and customers at risk.

A total of nine men, aged between 26 and 69, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in a joint sting between Northumbria and Merseyside police forces

Bryan Stubbs has repeatedly breached a restraining order despite being sentenced to a series of lengthy prison sentences and his victim wasn't even safe while he was behind bars

The 29-year-old went missing from the Haughton area of Darlington at around 5.40pm on Tuesday, February 8.