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• Newcastle children falling through cracks due to 'scatter gun' mental health support
• Gregg Wallace statement in full as host breaks silence and lashes out at BBC
• Police hunting group armed with knife after Tynemouth boy injured in beach attack
• Doctors vote to strike over pay - but union reps tell Government that industrial action 'can be avoided'