Leisure centre operator Fusion Lifestyle has gone into administration

The offer of 1,000 extra training places is now withdrawn

The Government has confirmed new car tax rates - with £790 'tax trap' for cars over 20 years old

Tyler Davidson was Tasered after officers received a report of numerous people fighting in an alleyway on Macbean Street in North Ormesby

NHS prescription charges for patients in England have been frozen at £9.90 until next April - here's more information about free prescriptions

Soham murderer Ian Huntley will be cremated in the coming days after his body was left to rot inside a hospital morgue

James Wheatley-Taylor attacked his former partner during an argument, squeezing her neck and restricting her breathing for 40 seconds

Northumbria Police confirmed that the child has now been found

The financial expert said if you don't act fast, you could lose out

The Government highlighted five measures to help households with the rise in bills

The race for control at Gateshead Council is heating up ahead of polling day, May 7

The number of residents with dementia is expected to rise in the coming years

Northumbria Police and South Tyneside Council have highlighted recent incidents in a joint letter

Kate Osborne has slammed national policy around what IVF support same-sex couples can access on the NHS

The council agreed to move to a banded system in January

Carer Lorraine Williams, who has a history of assaulting emergency workers, struck the constable to the mouth and lip

Romanian national Neculai Nederi broke into to family homes in Fenham and stole financially and sentimentally high value jewellery

Hospital bosses said construction work for the new Sir Bobby Robson Institute will begin soon

Josh Wilkinson broke into the family home next door to his parents' home in a shocking offence

Jack Harrison was driving a hire van when he chose to fly-tip a mattress and a bed in a rear lane

Princess Anne made the visit in her role as Patron of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM)

He has been remanded in custody

The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's Lotto and Thunderball draws

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

Chantelle Jobes said buying helium balloons was "not worth the risk"