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Northumbria Police have named the boy who tragically died as Mason French of Whitburn

Thousands of students have passed through the doors of the city's universities - and some have gone on to reach dazzling heights after graduation

The teenager was previously last seen in Gateshead near the Metrocentre

Officers from Northumbria Police seized multiple pieces of equipment linked to cannabis production at the property

Police have arrested wanted Wallsend man Mark Smith following an appeal in connection with a stalking offence

Sometime around the turn of the 8th century, on Lindisfarne, a windswept island off the English coast in Northumbria, a monk by the name of Eadfrith sits down and sharpens his quill. He dips it into the black ink pot before him and, guided by the light of flickering candle,…

A range of prizes have been awarded in the 58th year of the competition

Northumbria Police confirmed that they believe the call to a Tynemouth school was made in good faith

As well as the mishap on the Tyne 50 years ago, HMS Northumbria had been involved in accidents in 1962 at Gateshead, and in 1968 during a NATO exercise in the English Channel