Jonny ManningBBC News, North East and CumbriaSharon BarbourBBC NewsReporting fromBill Quay, GatesheadFamily HandoutLayton Carr, 14, died after a fire broke out at an industrial estate in GatesheadThe family of...

Aimee DexterBBC News, SuffolkReporting fromIpswich town centreMariam IssimdarBBC News, SuffolkHis intimate gig in a pub was watched by fans who got tickets by responding to a WhatsApp messageFans of...

An unexploded historic bomb has been discovered of the banks of the River Arun in West Sussex.The Royal Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and officers from Sussex Police worked...

Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaWatch the video shown to the jurors aboveOne of the men who denies cutting down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree has told...

Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaWatch the video shown to the jurors aboveOne of the men accused of felling the world famous Sycamore Gap tree told police he...

Video of a fishing boat's very close encounter with an orca has emerged, prompting delight on social media.A fisherman captured footage of the killer whale off the Northumberland coast...

A former prison officer at HMP Swaleside who suffered racist abuse from colleagues has won an employment tribunal.Nigerian-born Uzo Mbonu said he was targeted and ostracised by other officers...

Redbridge CouncilSam Gould resigned as an east London councillor in MarchA former aide to Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been spared jail after exposing himself to a teenage girl...

Jess Warren & Tony GrewBBC NewsBBCJulie Barnes and Debra Harrison from Fit Mums and Friends said their aim was to finish the London MarathonThe sun shone brightly and temperatures...

A Birmingham high street described by traders as "lawless" has been given a dedicated police team.Last November traders in Erdington said shoplifting and drug dealing was destroying businesses and...

Tranmere Rovers midfielder Sam Finley has been handed a 13-game ban for making a homophobic comment to an opposition player.The midfielder, 32, admitted a Football Association charge of misconduct...

A professional footballer has been jailed for 14 months for causing the death of a cyclist in a crash in West Yorkshire.Adrian Daniel, 33, died 10 days after he...