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Kidney patient Alice on the mend after final op

SHE has cheated death countless times and endured an endless list of tests, treatments, hospital stays and surgery.Read

Stockton mum wins top model competition

LOOK out Cheryl Cole and Katie Price, a new calendar girl is heading your way soon with her collection of hot shots.Read

Middlesbrough child molester wins cut in sentence

A MILKMAN who was jailed indefinitely for molesting two little boys will be back on the streets within two years – after appeal judges quashed his potentially lifelong sentence.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

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

Outrage at jail term of Stockton paedophile Darren Baldwin

A TEENAGE girl sobbed as she relived her nightmare at the hands of a shamed sexual predator.Read

Baby joy for Middlesbrough star Kirsten O’Brien

TELLY presenter Kirsten O’Brien is just weeks away from having a baby… yet she can’t tune out of work.Read

Brain cancer pupil Becky Bell off on Disney trip

LITTLE Becky Bell will be rubbing shoulders with her Disney heroes next week. . . after her community rallied to raise £19,000 when she was diagnosed with brain cancer.Read

Dorothy Smith of Horden, County Durham, wife of attempted napalm bomber Nicholas (Nick) Smith

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

Town Hall spin doctor imported party drug GBL

A SHAMED town hall spin doctor is today exposed as a drug-dependent council worker who imported bottles of illegal substances labelled as soap.Read

North graduate has magic time working on Harry Potter film

NORTH graduate Sammy Wu was hooked on the Harry Potter blockbuster films when they first hit our screens 10 years ago.Read

Middlesbrough Tesco robbers fail in appeal bid

A DANGEROUS duo jailed for their part in a £128,000 supermarket robbery have failed in a legal bid to prove their innocence.Read

Jazz singer Gina’s comeback from horror car crash

LYING in hospital after smashing headfirst through her car windscreen in a horror crash, doctors told Gina Pontoni she was lucky to be alive.Read

Police launch arson probe after blast in Hartlepool

COPS probing a gas blast at a derelict house in Hartlepool last night revealed they were hunting arsonists.Read

Four-year-old boy killed in Stockton road tragedy

TRIBUTES have been paid to a four-year-old boy who was hit by a car as he visited an ice cream van.Read

Tributes to boy aged 9 killed in Ingleby Barwick crash

TRIBUTES have been paid to a nine-year-old boy who died in a horror smash on a housing estate.Read

Manor College headteacher retires after transforming school

A SUPER Sir is bowing out after transforming a struggling school and changing the fortunes of thousands of North youngsters.Read

£20,000 boat gives disabled access to River Tees

A CLUB that helps disabled people get out on the River Tees has raised enough cash to buy a new boat.Read

Buffs Social Club, Stockton in female drinkers row

A THIRD North working men’s club has come under fire for its policies towards women.Read

Tributes paid to Redcar man killed in house fire

TRIBUTES have been paid to an elderly man who died in a house fire.Read

Neighbour to the rescue as blaze hits house in Peterlee

A HEROIC neighbour has told of the moment he bravely stormed into a burning house to save an elderly couple.Read

Soldier targets mum in nightclub attack

A MODEL mum has told how her confidence has been shattered by a serving soldier who broke her jaw in a vicious nightclub attack.Read

North jockey's brave fight back from horror fall

A JOCKEY who cheated death in a horror fall has overcome his paralysis...to return to horse racing as a trainer.Read

Story of Redcar steel unfolds in photo display

THE TURBULENT history of Teesside steel unfolds in a striking photographic exhibition which has been shown in London.Read

Russell Crowe meets Sir John Hall

HOLLYWOOD superstar Russell Crowe continued his unlikely trip North yesterday with a trip to see Sir John Hall.Read

Suspected bogus callers arrested by police

DETECTIVES have arrested a couple they suspect of stealing more than £20,000 from pensioners – including a 101-year-old woman.Read

Timdon Station conman jailed for swindling women

A CONMAN who swindled unsuspecting vulnerable women out of thousands of pounds is today behind bars.Read

Tata Steel boss attacks "work ethic" of UK managers

AN INDIAN tycoon proposing to put 400 North jobs at risk has launched an attack on the “work-ethic” of UK managers.Read

Hartlepool man recovers from adder bite

A BRAVE caretaker is recovering after being bitten by a deadly snake he tackled in a pub garden.Read

Plans for Darlington Golf Club road face second vote

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new road approved by a North council face a fresh vote after complaints over the decision.Read

Parents launch complaint against NHS Tees

THE devastated parents of a tragic disabled girl have demanded answers after claiming their daughter was “failed” by the health system.Read

Music group under threat from funding cuts

MUSIC will become a lesson only for posh schools in the North if ministers don’t make a crucial funding decision.Read

Marton FC launch 'respect' campaign

A TALENT factory for young football stars has been forced to bring in bouncer-style marshals to protect referees from abuse from children’s parents.Read

Teesside magician wins a trip to Las Vegas

PLAYING tricks on legendary illusionists Penn & Teller has paid off for a North magic man . . . he’s off to perform in Las Vegas!Read

MS sufferer auctions online for charity

A DETERMINED mum who is battling Multiple Sclerosis hopes to raise hundreds of pounds for charity after targeting Twittering celebrities.Read

Young thugs target ambulances in Fishburn

VANDALS as young as 10 are seriously endangering lives by wrecking ambulances, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.Read

Middlesbrough teen beats darts pro at event

BULLY for him! Teenage darts prodigy Jordan Evans has scored a double-top of prize victories.Read

Bullying nurse Edward Ruddick jailed for assault

A NURSE is behind bars after subjecting a vulnerable pensioner to an “appalling” assault.Read

Comic Bradley Walsh cancels Oyster Festival gig

A STAR performer at a high profile food festival has pulled out after a sporting accident left him in hospital.Read

Corus blast furnaces could be running by Christmas

MOTHBALLED blast furnaces could be up and running once more at a North steelworks by Christmas, a union leader has revealed.Read

Tributes pour in for massacre hero Ken Leung

TRIBUTES continue to flood in for a hero dad who desperately tried to protect his family during the Manilla bus massacre.Read

Peter Tough, a Teesside security guard who was wrongfully arrested

Teesside security guards wrongly arrested

TWO pals working as security guards were nicked, charged and forced to appear at court after cops thought they were impersonating police officers.Read

Call girl cop starts new career as a fitness trainer

CALL girl cop Victoria Thorne has started a new career as a fitness trainer.Read

Help deal for Corus workers threatened

A CORUS cash handout intended to create thousands of long-term jobs is at risk.Read

More misery from Icelandic ash cloud

VOLCANIC ash from Iceland unleashed more travel disruption yesterday, grounding flights between the UK and mainland Europe.Read

Bravery of Middlesbrough cancer survivor

A BRAVE mum has decided to renew her wedding vows after successfully battling cancer after being given only a 3% chance of survival.Read

Teesside teen completes charity ride in memory of mum

A TEENAGE girl has brought in a huge charity haul after cycling the length of the country in memory of her tragic mum.Read

Millionaire magic for sick children at Zoe's Place

A FAMILY helped by a children’s hospice have spoken of their joy at a donation by TV’s Secret Millionaire.Read

Body of woman found in Hartlepool home

THE DEATH of a Teesside woman is not being treated as suspicious, police have said.Read

Demolished Wynyard Park dream home will be rebuilt

IT WAS the £1m mansion torn down before the paint was barely dry.Read