BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker has paid a fond tribute to war veteran Harry Billinge who has died aged 96

Expect outbreaks of rain scattered throughout the day with the risk of hail and gale force winds

A new report has highlighted serious concerns over rising food costs and UK food security

Stephen Power has been put behind bars for 24 years

Women in the public eye are not being protected from abuse, new report says

Some £39 billion will be raised from tax payers across the country, which will be re-invested into the health and social care system

Wayne Brown breached a Domestic Violence Protection Order when police discovered him inside the woman's Wallsend address

It's not all about the beer - wood-fired pizzas and Mad Martini cocktails will joining the line-up at the three-day Gateshead Beer & Music Festival

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Craig Nicholson was being tended to by a nurse at the RVI in Newcastle when she found the blade in his sleeve

Service cuts came into force around Newcastle and North Tyneside in late March, but Nexus did not update timetables in Kenton until days after the changes

Tory culture secretary Nadine Dorries has claimed that Government ownership is “holding Channel 4 back from competing against streaming giants" like Netflix and Amazon

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Newcastle United stars Kieran Trippier and Dan Burn were both in the crowd for Sam's first of two sell out shows in Newcastle

Council leader Glen Sanderson has said he hopes to slash the authority's wage budget in the coming months

More than 100 of the world's best riders will cycle from Owengate in Durham to Sunderland City Hall - via the North Pennines AONB

Tyneside's answer to ''The Boss'' was back home to perform a ''sold oot'' homecoming gig to cap off his Seventeen Going Under tour

David Hunter is charged with murdering his terminally ill wife of 52 years, but says it was her wish to die.

Latest restrictions ahead of the great getaway over the Easter period

Matt and Tracy Shaw's eldest daughter has already battled and beaten a brain tumour, but her cancer has returned and her younger sister has also been dealt a life-changing health blow.

The double Brit award-winning musician has returned to his home turf for two sell-our gigs on April 5-6.

Youngster Will Nolan came up with the entry idea all by himself, after seeing the clip trending on social media.

Gary Welsh, of Sunderland left two couples living next to him in Sunderland living in fear after a series of incidents, including making arson threats and torching a fence

The grouse moor used to be part of the Raby Estates and is now on the market for £750,000

Social prescribing is a new tool in GPs' practices are using to help tackle wider health issues - in Byker and Heaton Tracy Bell has a focus on eating healthily.