Author: Katie Collings

Live updates as councillors are elected in two of the North East's regions — Northumberland and Durham — and an elected mayor is chosen for North Tyneside

The 34-year-old is wanted on suspicion of breaching the terms of his prison licence, police said

The offenders targeted Kelco MOT Centre in North Seaton Industrial Estate in Ashington, Northumberland overnight on Monday

Peter Hunt wore a racially offensive top which displayed an anti-refugee image in the Newcastle shopping centre

Peter Hunt wore a racially offensive top which displayed an anti-refugee image in the Newcastle shopping centre

Police are now appealing for any witnesses to the crash on Milburn Road in Ashington which happened on January 30