County Durham free school meal auto-enrolment made permanent - BBC

DWP confirms when benefit fraud bank account ‘monitoring’ and verification checks will start

Stunning five bedroom Tynemouth house with huge garden seen on Vera up for sale for £975k

DWP Pension Credit holiday rules people need to know before travelling abroad this year

Tragedy as teenage biker dies after Newcastle crash with police launching investigation

Celebrity Big Brother's Trisha Goddard branded 'rude' by Tiffany Pollard in off-camera clash

Two million NHS patients to be diverted from hospital waiting lists with GP plan - here's how

Durham Royal visit LIVE: Updates as King Charles and Queen Camilla attend Cathedral service

North Tyneside mayoral election candidates split on Monkseaton High School closure

North East less exposed to Trump tariffs on exports to USA than other parts of UK

Police still probing death of Kiana-Lee Wallace, 4, one month on from fatal Northumberland house fire

Ouseburn tower block plans resurface as Free Trade Inn issues warning

Ordeal of volunteer attacked by yobs as he tried to protect Northumberland village green

Chemical attack at Wallsend pub left victim screaming 'my eyes, my eyes' as 50 drinkers evacuated

North East teachers seeing terrible impact of poverty on children, union says