- Kingston Park lad, 19, died from meningitis after having no symptoms other than feeling cold
Jack Bolam was placed in an induced coma on the intensive care unit but did not respond to treatment
- Police insist spate of burglaries in Darras Hall is not a 'crimewave'
A public meeting was held after residents raised concerns
- Nigel Farage in Sunderland LIVE: Updates as Reform launch local election campaign
Reform party leader and MP Nigel Farage is attending a rally in Sunderland to launch the party's local election campaign this year.
- 'We were so close'- Mum's devastation as new probe into son's 2002 disappearance is closed
It has been almost 24 years since the 30-year-old, who moved to North Shields from Scotland, went missing
- Newcastle United critics need to settle down and stop being unfair on Eddie Howe
A former Sunderland manager has urged Newcastle fans to ease off Eddie Howe
- Famous North East seaside chippy loved for over 30 years up for sale for £375,000
A much loved seaside chippy in the North East has gone on the market for £375,000 34 years after opening
- North East Business Awards return to celebrate the region's best companies
The awards are now in their 26th year
- Hundreds more wind turbines in North Sea can make North East 'world leader' in clean power
Plans more a major expansion of wind farms off the North East coast could create 10,000 jobs and deliver a £12 billion investment for a region that was the birthplace of the UK's offshore wind industry
- Man, 21, and boy, 16, arrested after £60k of equipment stolen in farm burglaries in Gateshead
Police were told that offenders forcefully entered farming properties across Birtley, Kibblesworth, Lamesley and Whickham
- Newcastle United handed Nick Woltemade solution despite Michael Owen transfer claim
The Magpies' expensive new front line isn't yet giving the club the kind of returns they'd hoped for
