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Lord Mandelson criticises Labour for failing to come up with a credible strategy for decentralising power from London to northern England.

Hundreds of musicians, playing dozens of instruments, have performed along Hadrian's Wall from Cumbria to Tyneside.

North Tyneside saw the end of a unique relay of hundreds of musicians, playing dozens of instruments, travelling from Cumbria to Tyneside.

A teenager denies a plot to cause "serious" harm at Newcastle College with homemade bombs.

Hundreds of performers stage a huge live musical performance along the length of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland and Cumbria for BBC Music Day.

Conference club Gateshead name former Sunderland boss Malcolm Crosby as their new manager on a one-year rolling deal.

Police investigating a shooting in Newcastle name two men they want to speak to.

BBC Sport looks at the career so far of England women's captain Steph Houghton, on the eve of the 2015 World Cup finals.

An Albanian man is arrested on suspicion of an immigration offence at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and his brain tumour operation is cancelled, the BBC learns.

Dick Advocaat is set to perform a U-turn and accept a one-year contract to remain Sunderland manager.

A newspaper group is seeking the right to appeal against the level of damages awarded to eight phone hacking victims, including Paul Gascoigne.

The Home Office has "insufficient information" on how much further it can cut police funding without "degrading services", a report says.

To what extent the evidence of so-called vigilante groups is used by police.

A 200ft (60m)-deep sinkhole which opened up above an old lead mine is close to being filled in, ten months after it first appeared.

Band to perform on Hadrian's Wall for BBC Music Day

The cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a South Tyneside factory is traced to two cooling towers on the site.

Will Nicola Sturgeon's influence reach as far as her Sunderland roots?

Up to 200 jobs could be at risk at an insurance firm with offices in Bristol and Newcastle, as the company says it is restructuring part of its business.

An aerospace company from County Durham, charged with corporate manslaughter over the death of a worker, was "explicitly" warned of dangers, a court hears.

The North East has the highest number of homes sold without the need for a mortgage, the Nationwide has said.