- North Tyneside Council bosses set to sign off £25m cuts amid financial pressures
£25m in savings have been found in North Tyneside Council's budget to help balance the books
- Number of children being home schooled in Gateshead almost doubles since Covid pandemic
Almost 500 children are being taught at home in the borough - representing a 98% increase since 2020/21
- Free travel for child cancer patients will 'lift huge burden' for families on Tyneside
Young cancer patients at the Great North Children's Hospital will benefit from free transport.
- Northumberland gunman threatened to shoot officers in head during stand-off with armed police
Police in Cramlington had been authorised to use lethal force on Christopher Swann, who was acutely unwell with paranoid schizophrenia
- North East must embrace AI tech revolution or risk being 'smashed to smithereens'
Tech leaders descended on Blyth for a major conference looking at how AI will impact the future of the region
- Newcastle schoolboy taken to hospital after being told 'you've been spiced' with 'spiked' vape
The parent of a Year 8 pupil at North Gosforth Academy said his son was 'totally out of it' after trying a vape, which he claims was spiked
- Four-vehicle crash on A1 in Northumberland causes huge delays with two hospitalised
Emergency services have responded to a multi-vehicle collision on the A1 in Northumberland near the Swarland turn-off
- PIF need statement signing in summer to show Eddie Howe is still right man for Newcastle
Eddie Howe has come under scrutiny after the summer transfer dealings
- EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning Lottery numbers for Friday, February 6
The winning National Lottery numbers for tonight's EuroMillions and Thunderball draws
- Gunshots fired at North East home sparking huge police response and road taped off
Police are investigating after a firearm was discharged at a house in Durham
