North East News

Newcastle United's sporting director Dan Ashworth is placed on gardening leave after telling the club he wants to join Manchester United.

Visitors will be able to land on one of the Farne Islands again after avian flu forced its closure.

Olly Jones and Ben Gallon lost their mothers to cancer within a week of each other.

England's Gary Wilson wins his first Welsh Open title with a 9-4 victory in the final against compatriot Martin O'Donnell.

Gateshead's Clasper Village site has stood empty since the final properties were demolished in 2018.

Mercy Cuthbertson has an inoperable tumour and her parents hope the drug will prolong her life.

Gateshead score three times in the first 17 minutes on their way to an away National League victory at Wealdstone.

Volunteers hope the first section of the old Alnwick to Cornhill railway will be open by summer.

The former Keelmen's Hospital has overlooked Newcastle's Quayside since 1701.

Five-time Welsh Open winner John Higgins beats world number three Mark Allen at Llandudno.

Bradley Tams died at the scene of an alleged attack in Newcastle in December.

Tony Johnson was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years for the murder of Trevor Bishop.

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Premier League game between Newcastle United and Bournemouth.

England international Callum Wilson has surgery on a pectoral muscle injury and could miss much of the rest of the season.

Alan Shearer visits Wallsend Boys Club on Tyneside where he - and many other famous north-east footballers - kicked off their careers.

Manny Singh Kang and his son Jeevan aim to walk from Wolverhampton to Newcastle in under five days.

The report's data shows a rise in children from working families living in poverty.

A CQC inspection finds residents at Addison Court were not safe and at risk of "avoidable harm".

Connor Lapworth, 18, and Corey Mavin, 15, died in the crash in Cramlington just before Christmas.

There are plans to create more than 1,000 new homes at Quayside West in Newcastle.