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It's all change behind the scenes at the KNOX with another departure confirmed in the backroom team
Saief Rehman, 33, pleaded guilty to drug-driving and threatening a person with an offensive weapon
Kyana Murray attacked a bar manager then repeatedly bit a female police officer
The 'exceptional' property, in one of the area's most prestigious addresses, has two gated driveways
All the planned road closures and roadworks across the region for the week beginning Monday, August 24
The Government said it was 'working to introduce new rules'
If you only have streaming services like Netflix and don't watch channels like the BBC, would you need to pay? Here are the rules
Seven people, including two police officers, have died at the scene of A66 at South Bank following a pursuit of a 'suspicious vehicle'
The fundraising page organised by the Cleveland Police Federation has had over 4,100 donations so far
The rail operator has now issued a fresh update, after many of its systems were made unavailable by the outage
