Metro fares will be more expensive than single bus tickets from January after the PM's £2 pledge.
Thieves strike in Gateshead, leading to widespread morning delays on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Gateshead Football Club opposes the plans for Felling due to the loss of open space, council documents show.
Competitors from across the north-east of England are hoping for sun at the contest this weekend.
Voters in four council areas, connected by the Tyne and Wear Metro, give us their election views.
The driver is given a suspended jail sentence after a police officer was hurt in a crash.
Lee Hetherington is jailed for 21 months for a crime spree over the summer.
The motorcycle was removed by two people after the crash, Northumbria Police says.
Jordan Tams, one of three teenagers who murdered Gary Belfield in April 2024, dies at HMP Deerbolt.
