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Gary Speed's wife reveals 'suicide texts' before his death

EX-NEWCASTLE United star Gary Speed texted his wife days before his death and "talked in terms of taking his life", an inquest heard today.Read

Newcastle Riverside nightclub promoters fined

LEWD leaflets that sparked outrage have landed club night bosses in hot water.Read

Raids across North East snare bogus workers

A BLITZ on bogus workers was staged in a string of co-ordinated raids across the North, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Big Brother's Anthony Hutton fined £175 for urinating in the street

BIG Brother is always watching ... and he doesn’t care if you’re drunk.Read

Ex-Darlington FC skipper Clark Keltie faces criminal charges

FORMER Darlington FC favourite Clark Keltie is to face criminal charges following a road smash riddle, it emerged last night.Read

Riverside promoters axed over sex act flyers

LEWD leaflets depicting sleazy sex acts sparked a council probe and landed club promoters in hot water, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Crooked Durham families tab empire busted

PILED box on box, these packages are a crooked duo’s spoils after officers busted their network and caught them smuggling cigarettes into the North.Read

Teesside 'Mr Bigs' cash is claimed by police

COPS clawed back more than £400,000 in crooked cash from the ‘Mr Bigs’ of Teesside’s criminal underbelly, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

North councils gave Southern Cross £200m

CASH-STRAPPED councils in the North ploughed more than £200m into stricken Southern Cross care homes in just three years, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Horden bomb-making grandad pleads for lenient jail sentence

GRANDAD Nicholas Smith today issues a prison-cell plea for compassion after plotting to “burn” his neighbours with a crude napalm bomb.Read

Ex-wife of record boss Shamsi Ahmed tells of his tragic life

THE ex-wife of Shamsi Ahmed today lifts the lid on the music mogul’s battle with mental health problems.Read

North gran vows to stand by bomb-making husband

GUILTY of plotting a napalm bomb attack, the doting family of Nicholas Smith today break their silence to reveal what drove him to terror.Read

Darlington man's leg broken as he steps off plane

A YOUNG dad shattered his fibula when his leg plunged through a gap as he stepped off a plane because the steps were allegedly not properly in place.Read

Immigration officers nab boss of Chutney's takeaway in Bishop Auckland

A BLITZ on illegal workers saw immigration officers swoop on a North takeaway and now they’ve gone back for the boss.Read

Newcastle mum on the man who killed her boy

TORMENTED by her son’s death, mum Christine Ross today breaks her eight-year silence to reveal her pain.Read

North businesses face fines after illegal worker sting

BOSSES at North takeaways face fines totaling thousands of pounds after being caught employing illegal staff.Read

Michael Luvaglio launches bid to clear name

GUNMAN Michael Luvaglio today launches an online bid to clear his name nearly 45 years after he was convicted of the “one-armed bandit” murder.Read

DIY detective wins apology from North council

DETERMINED dad Mike Thompson turned DIY detective to discover blundering council chiefs had flogged a family heirloom against his dying aunt’s last wishes.Read