Elton 'still going ahead'

1:03pm today

ORGANISERS of the Elton John concert at Darlington Arena have reassured fans it is still going ahead despite the weather.

Full line up for Fringe Festival revealed

3:28pm today

THE full line-up of performers at this year's free Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival has been revealed.

Rainy welcome for salsa dancers

2:47pm today

SALSA dancers got a flavour of the North-East weather when they arrived in Darlington to promote a dance festival thisd afternoon.

Double stabbing near railway station

1:29pm today

A MAN was arrested over an alleged double stabbing near to Newcastle's man railway station early today.

Songs of peace at primary school

12:49pm today

CHILDREN on Teesside have swapped nursery rhymes for North Korean anthems in preparation for the state orchestra's first visit outside the world's most secretive nation.

Arrests over social club stabbing

11:44am today

THREE men were arrested and are to be questioned by police over a stabbing incident at a social club in the early hours of today.

MP calls for stricter lap dance regulations

10:53am today

A NORTH-East MP has called for local authorities to have greater powers to turn down applications for lap-dancing clubs.

	Tragic teen forced to drink petrol and set alight
	8:18am today
	A TEENAGER from the North-East died after being tied to a tree, forced to drink petrol and then set on fire.
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	Keegan reveals name for £100m hospital
	8:33am today
	A £100M children's hospital will be named The Great North Children's Hospital, it was announced last night.

	Tributes to gran found dead in Tunisia resort
	5:05am today
	TRIBUTES have been paid to a grandmother rumoured to have been killed by her Tunisian lover.

	Public's views needed as vision for town unveiled
	2:05am today
	A LONG-TERM vision to revamp a town centre has been unveiled.

Villagers pledge to fight plan for second wind turbine site

8:54am today

VILLAGERS who have vowed to fight plans for nearly a dozen turbines near their homes could face a second wind farm development on their doorstep.

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'No room to rest on our laurels'

3:05am today

Reporter Joe Willis takes a look at 60 yers of the NHS and what the future holds.

Dad-of-two, 20, died taking rail short-cut

9:06am today

A YOUNG father-of-two died in a tragic accident when he took a short cut across railway tracks four days before Christmas, an inquest has heard.

Pupils face longer wait for Sats results

8:51am today

TENS of thousands of children across the region will be kept waiting for the results of key tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers.

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