News (North East)

Sunderland AFC DID NOT know Adam Johnson would change plea.

House fire in Houghton being treated as arson

Adam Johnson guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child

Winlaton fire treated as arson

12 arrested after shots fired in Sunderland

North East parents pay £600m a year to support adult children

Body found after Stanley fire

Brendan Healy funeral today

Healthy homes WILL make you live longer

Man charged with Sunderland rape.

Durham museum targeted in gang's £57m plot to steal rhino horn and artefacts

Third in North East ‘financially vulnerable’

'Fake taxi' warning in Newcastle

Man in critical condition after Newcastle attack

‘Legal highs made me suicidal'

15 year old girl raped in Sunderland

Appeal to trace woman racially abused on the Metro

Adam Johnson Trial: Jury retires to consider its verdicts

North East scientists with anti-ageing breakthrough

South Tyneside Council budget slashed

Third of eating disorder sufferers discriminated against at work

Police searching for missing Margaret MacDermott make three appeals for witnesses

North East road safety campaign launches

Pet obesity crisis in the North East

Police release further details about Heaton Park rape

Adam Johnson and girlfriend Stacey Flounders split

The Dad’s Survival Guide to Mother’s Day

Man sentenced for dangerous driving

Thousands of North East disabled children excluded from play

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5 reasons your pet loves you more than your partner

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Toddler dies after fall in Gateshead