- Update on £12,570 tax personal allowance change as Saturday deadline looms
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to make her spring statement next week and pressure is growing over tax threshold freezes
- EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning Lottery numbers for Friday, February 27
The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's EuroMillions and Thunderball draws
- Tyneside thug ruined girl's 18th birthday party after stamping her mum unconscious and turning up with knife
Lee Regan turned up at the teenager's coming of age party with a knife saying he'd 'bashed' her mother and forced guests to flee in fear
- Meet the North East rescue cat still waiting for a home after more than 220 days
Bugsy hasn't had the best start in life after being found as a stray living in a garden and waiting over 220 days to find a home
- North East councils confirm food waste collection rollouts
With more than one in four councils not expecting to make the government target for food waste collection starts, North East councils have explained their food waste delivery plans.
- Northumberland council officer admits ‘frustrating’ relationship with housing developers
New roads and footpaths must be up to a certain standard before councils will take them on
- County Durham hospital staff celebrate victory as backpay worth up to £5,500 finally received
NHS staff across the North East have now been awarded thousands in backpay
- Tyneside mum hits out at 'unthinkable' decision not to approve 'transformational' drug for rare genetic disease
The Rich family have seen first hand how much the drug can help children with a devastating Batten disease diagnosis
- North East MP says Labour must 'urgently change direction' after Gorton and Denton by-election defeat
The MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East has branded the Prime Minister as "weak" and says the Party must change direction.
- Northumberland Reform councillor steps down following cancer diagnosis
A by-election will now be held in the ward
