- Union urges Tyneside council to bring school meals back in-house after damning national report
A national report revealed problems with school meals all over the country
- Full list of North East roadworks and road closures this week
All the planned road closures and roadworks across the region for the week beginning Monday, August 31
- Inside a 'superb' Hexham Victorian country house with countryside views for sale at £2.1million
Loughbrow House is described as a 'striking' property
- Then and Now: Newcastle’s Castle Garth and its vanished Victorian slums
Just minutes away from Newcastle’s prosperous city centre sat an area steeped in poverty and crime
- Northumberland man caught with taser had also been importing weapons from China
Martin Thompson was found with the electronic device in his car before police found evidence he'd been importing knives and knuckledusters from abroad
- Drunk Gosforth lout threatened to stab officer in neck then spat in her face
Natalie Decarteret also smashed windows in her council house during the incident earlier this month
- Watch 125mph road menace grandad 'Mad Kenny' rammed by police after threatening Coast Road 'carnage'
Police have released footage of Kenneth Davison causing chaos on the Coast Road
- LGBTQ+ veterans in North East urged to come forward for compensation after ban
The historic ban on LGBTQ+ people in the armed forces affected thousands of service members
- Community farm in Gateshead undergoes colourful renovation and now has a new western theme
Andy Morley, of Creative Ginger, is behind the new artwork at Bill Quay Farm
- Police update on murder investigation after girl and aunt die in North East house blaze
Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder following the fire on Wednesday
