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There were snowy scenes across the county on Sunday morning following another night of wintry weather
The northbound Tyne and Wear Metro platform at Jesmond Station closed in December when it sustained damaged after being scraped by a train's sliding step
Mark Miller was sentenced for his 35th house burglary
The £38million man is clearly Newcastle's man of the moment and must surely start in the Carabao Cup
After a snowy, icy and freezing start to 2026, the forecast finally has some sunshine and warmer weather in store for the region
A council is speeding up plans to realign the clifftop road near Staithes, which is popular with visitors across the North East, due to ongoing erosion caused by crashing waves and heavy rain
Package holiday bookings are expected to go up by 5% this year but travellers need to make sure their passport is not expiring soon
The Metro service opened in August 1980, and the trains themselves have gone through countless variations in the decades that have followed
A town not far from Newcastle was the filming location for the last ever scenes in ITV's Vera which were shot behind closed doors
Adam Lawrence has quit as the Magpies' Under-21s chief after just five months
