- Inquiry into huge housebuilding plans for Newcastle Heliport site to start next week
Newcastle City Council rejected plans for more than 350 apartments on the heliport land last December, but a developer is hoping to have that verdict overturned
- North Shields charity founder with incurable cancer receives huge honour from Lorraine Kelly
Sarah Harrison has been named a 'trailblazer of the year' at the Women of the Year awards
- Newcastle sidekick of North Shields cocaine Mr Big who was jailed for 26 years joins him behind bars
Harry Monteith, of Walker, who was a highly trusted member of Stephen Faetz's cocaine gang, has been locked up
- Northumberland woman who underwent a life-saving operation desperate for help after major setback
Melanie Hartshorn has been told that her ribs are dislocating from her spine every time she breathes
- Rumours Cramlington derelict building will become housing for asylum seekers quashed
Members of the community gathered following speculation that Lancaster House was to be developed into a HMO
- Gateshead Flyover demolition dates confirmed 10 months on from sudden closure
Demolition contractors will start work around the Gateshead Highway flyover next Monday, but the concrete structure itself will not be torn down until the new year
- Sunderland man charged with manslaughter following fatal assault in London
Michael John Edwards, 43, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died in hospital
- Lewis Hall snub shows Newcastle United star has serious work to do
Newcastle United and England wait on Lewis Hall's injury comeback
- Mum killed on A1 in Northumberland by holidaying careless driver who failed to see her
Marion Cunningham was knocked off her motorcycle and killed when Bader Alfarsi failed to see her as he turned across the A1 near Alnwick
- The number of empty buildings in Gateshead and why it takes so long to deal with them
Gateshead Council says legal delays and absentee landlords are holding up works on empty private properties
