Former lumberjack Walter Renwick, 69, has two leaking heart valves and is not fit enough to have cut down the Sycamore Gap in Northumberland, says his daughter-in-law
Police are keeping an open mind with regards to the culprit behind the vandalism and to their motive as rumours fly about the sickening act that has shocked people around the world
Marie Metcalfe is beginning a life sentence after she stabbed older sister Laura to death in a horrific attack outside her home in Hartlepool in a bitter, ongoing feud amongst siblings
Loose Women star Denise Welch is launching a new campaign with the Sunday Mirror and charity Children North East to stop child poverty, Hope Not Hunger
Thousands of participants in the Great North Run were left stranded at the end of the race after being caught up in flash flooding from torrential downpours in the North East