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Pilot error was responsible for a helicopter crash near Newcastle in 2019 that killed five people, a coroner has found after an inquest probing the accident.

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There is an urgent call for blood donations this Easter long weekend after supplies have dropped to record low levels. There is currently only enough supplies of emergency blood type O negative to last one and a half days. For the first time, Newcastle Blood Donor Centre will open its…

Jess Moore from Gateshead was two-years-old when she died at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary after undergoing surgery to stop her persistent vomiting.

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Greg Davies, Charlie Brooker and Stephen Merchant will be among those attending

The chain is offering 50% off food from the main menu to celebrate the opening

New pictures show what the new £20m building currently under construction in front of Newcastle's Freeman Hospital will look like

The accountancy giant is under investigation by the Financial Reporting Council over the Newcastle-based transport group's 'breach of trust' in a rail franchise

Sara Davies enjoyed a reunion with Strictly partner Aljaz and his dancer wife Janette on a family trip to Alnwick

Seven volunteers grabbed litter pickers to tackle the growing problem of litter on the city’s streets