A MOTHER who underwent more than 20 operations to rebuild her face after being stamped on by a horse has taken her case to the courts in a bid to win damages from its owner.

Two boys who racially abused Newcastle United's Sammy Ameobi on Twitter are issued with final warnings by police.

Two boys who racially abused Newcastle United's Sammy Ameobi on Twitter are issued with final warnings by police.

A man is the victim of a serious sexual assault in an alleyway in Redcar

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THIS street ran red with blood when gangs hell-bent on destroying one another clashed, a court was told.

ALMOST half the population of Newcastle don’t engage in weekly exercise, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives united on Friday behind a 2012 budget plan that would slash trillions of dollars in government spending while cutting taxes, setting the stage for acrimonious debt and deficit negotiations with President Barack Obama.

Police should have warned people whose phones were hacked by the News of the World, a judicial review - pushed for by Lord Prescott - rules.

Gulf Arab states expel Syria's ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad.

Police and firefighters are reminding people of the dangers of swimming in rivers after a woman saved a teenager from drowning in Prudhoe.

PRUDHOE Traders? Association is calling for a public inquiry over the handling of the Duke of Northumberland?s plans to redevelop the town centre.