Durham University students tell of their success in getting to the University Challenge final.

James Fowler was one of a handful of people to receive free medical-grade heroin in Middlesbrough.

Food retailer Dicksons began with a single South Shields shop before expanding across the North East.

The 155-year-old theatre is undergoing work which will see its Victorian stage machinery upgraded.

Services may deteriorate further after the company is nationalised, it is claimed.

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