- South Shields homeless man sent intimate photo during online chat with 'girl'
Joseph Spooner thought he was sending messages to a 15-year-old but it was actually a decoy set up by an online vigilante group
- Postcode Lottery winners in the North East this week in these six lucky areas
The postcode lottery brings six areas some wins this week - including in Whitley Bay, Gateshead and Sunderland
- Gateshead paedophile who lied about having sexual interest in children dies at HMP Durham
Stanley Burnett, 76, was serving a five-year prison sentence for downloading sickening child abuse images
- Meet the 27 dogs waiting to find loving homes after a stay in North East kennels
Meet the adorable dogs looking for their forever home
- New café, flats, and school extension among Newcastle planning applications
Here is a round-up of recent planning submissions in an around Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Tyneside woman's first date horror as romance turned to brutal violence
Stephanie Kerr repeatedly punched the woman after they went back to her house
- Drug smugglers and drunks among those arrested at Newcastle Airport
These people landed themselves in court after being arrested at Newcastle Airport
- Newcastle United 'identify Bruno Guimaraes replacement' and he only costs £15m
Newcastle United have earmarked a potential Bruno Guimaraes replacement to add experience to their young midfield signings of Sean Steur and Aladji Bamba
- Ryanair flight heading to France diverts as mid-air medical emergency declared
The jet made a dramatic diversion after a cabin crew member fell ill shortly after take-off
- Major emergency response in Benwell with man in blood-soaked top taken to hospital
Up to 15 police officers swarmed Fairholm Road with an eyewitness seeing a man with a 'bloody T-shirt' being taken away in an ambulance
