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Gazza wins £68,000 phone hacking pay-out

FORMER Newcastle and England footballer Paul Gascoigne has won £68,000 in damages following claims a newspaper hacked into his phone.Read

Teenage girl attacked in Sunderland house raid

A TEENAGE girl was taken to hospital after she was hit with a metal bar by raiders who entered her house.Read

Search for missing Claudia Lawrence continues

THE family of missing North chef Claudia Lawrence have told how they will spend Christmas searching for answers.Read

Big Brother stars Louise Cliffe and Jay McKray get engaged

HE hinted marriage might be on the cards ... and now Big Brother’s Jay McKray has gone and popped the question to the girlfriend he met on the show.Read

£295,000 owed on late books to North libraries

BOOKWORMS hogging library books have racked up more than a quarter of a million pounds in overdue fines.Read

Blyth teacher wins place on England roller derby team

TEACHER Lucy Tyler has swapped textbooks for rollerskates as she takes her quirky hobby to the world stage.Read

Canoeist's death 'could have been avoided'

THE family of a canoeist who drowned in a North river after becoming trapped in swirling waters today told how they believe he could have been saved.Read

Man in court after fight broke out on Whitby trip

A DAY at the seaside turned to carnage when drink-fuelled Stephen Hindmarsh sparked a bar-room fist-fight.Read

£3m payout for woman hit by a car in Teesside as a teenager

A NORTH woman left brain damaged when she was struck by a car as a teenager has won a 3m pay-out.Read

Ex-Wham record label boss fell to death in Newcastle

TORMENTED former music tycoon Shamsi Ahmed threw himself to his death from a tower block.Read

Desperately ill Elswick pensioner appeals to trace children

A PENSIONER has made an appeal to trace his long-lost children – who he fears he will never see again.Read

Goodfellas gangster Henry Hill to visit the North East

GOODFELLAS gangster Henry Hill is to visit the North for a special screening of the movie about his life.Read

Gary Hogg gives region an airing on the radio

HIS passion is the region he lives in, and now Gary Hogg is taking his biggest hobby to a global radio audience.Read

North pair prepare for three-day pool playing marathon

TWO pals are attempting to smash the world record for playing pool – by potting balls continuously for THREE days without a wink of sleep.Read

Prisoners are given the pick of the top DVDs

FROM bank robbery crime thrillers to kids’ cartoon favourites, a colourful range of DVDs available to lags at a North jail is revealed today.Read

Police warn Alnmouth pest ahead of Royal visit

POLICE moved to warn a notorious North pest to stay away from this week's Royal visit as part of the security effort to protect the Queen.Read

Car crime

Boy aged 9 drunk behind the wheel

A BOY of NINE is among hundreds of North children arrested for a host of shocking car crimes, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Millions go on patients' private taxi journeys

AMBULANCE bosses in the North are spending millions of pounds on private taxi firms to transport patients to and from hospital, the Sunday Sun can reveal.Read

Is Gosforth footy fan the UK's biggest sports fan?

IS football-mad Dave Herrington the biggest sports fan in Britain? With more than 33 years of touring an A-Z of the country’s football stadiums, rugby grounds and racing tracks under his belt, it’s certainly hard to disagree. Read

Cheryl Cole painting stolen from Tynemouth bar

SNEAK thieves snatched a life-like painting of pop princess Cheryl Cole from a Tynemouth bar.Read

Author Profile

Tom studied English at Newcastle University before joining ncjMedia as a trainee reporter in 2007. He has since covered a wide variety of stories, from crime and courts to life inside our region's prisons. Tom also regularly focusses on military issues and the war in Afghanistan.