Monument Metro station has now reopened following an earlier police incident

Emergency services were called to the Port of Tyne following the incident at around 1pm on Sunday.

Over the last year, £13,281,192 in cash has been seized and 1,057kg of drugs have been seized

Andy Burnham will give his first speech as PM after officially taking over from Sir Keir Starmer today - here are all the latest updates

Daniel Greaves was on the sex offenders register, but didn't tell his new partner until a trip to Turkey

Emergency services have been called to an incident in Cullercoats with cordon in place on Sunday evening.

Andy Burnham set to be confirmed as Prime Minister - and could face an MPs showdown if campaign hits key threshold

All the planned road closures and roadworks across the region for the week beginning Monday, July 20

The former Alnwick Methodist Church is currently on the market via Pattinson estate agents with an asking price of £265,000.

Sarah Wilson, of Blyth, who is vulnerable, lashed out with a kitchen knife after the pensioner punched her and put her in a head lock

Samuel Olvhoj fell out with the victim and was seen slashing at him with a broken bottle before sticking it in the back of his neck in North Tyneside

Following a Reform UK motion, the local authority's full council meetings will now be capped at 120-minutes

A dockside crane has been damaged in the incident on the Port of Tyne in South Shields

Brian Harrison, who admits he couldn't swim until he was an adult, saved £30,000 by working back-to-back nightshifts to make his dream become a reality

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

Inside the Gateshead 79 year old Animal Shelter fundraising for new kennel block

Tynemouth Pool said it will issue an update on the situation tomorrow

In the year the station was marking its 130th anniversary, a single ticket from Newcastle to London cost £25

Eric Anderson, 77, had initially deposited the sum in order to convert it into Euros and improve his Lanzarote holiday home, but quickly found himself locked out of the account

'The clue to their cultivation lies in their name,' the gardening expert explained

Addressing the comments made about Diddly Squat Farm on Celebrity Gogglebox, the presenter joked that he 'should have kept schtum'

The group help women get home safe from nights out, but now its beloved Wilma the van has been written off

Claire Read heard a bang that she initially thought was thunder but when she looked out of a window she saw a bus in the garden where her children usually play

Retiring Newcastle teacher Jon Strong is set to complete his A-Z marathon list, with most under three hours 30 minutes as his personal best stands at two hours 58 minutes.

Holidaymakers who ditched one of the UK's best-known coastal spots for a quieter alternative say they have no regrets