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Gateshead Leisure Centre celebrates two years back at the heart of a community that saved it from closure

Thief died of internal bleeding three days after his release from a North East prison

Names and faces of North East attackers who used weapons to cause horrific injuries to their victims

Tyne & Wear residents recognised in King's Birthday Honours list

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Former Labour minister named in Northumberland's King's Birthday honour list

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