SUNDERLAND stars Nicklas Bendtner and Lee Cattermole were today charged with criminal damage after cars were allegedly vandalised close to the home of their arch rivals.Read
TRUSTEES for a North East firm who supplied carpets to the Queen have been banned after “serious and persistent” failings were identified in their handling of a £35m pension pot.Read
FORMER Newcastle United star Gary Speed sent text messages talking in “terms of taking his life” just days before his wife found him dead at their home, an inquest heard.Read
A GRIEF-STRICKEN youngster paid tribute to the “bestest big bro” as loved ones said a final farewell to a schoolboy killed by a deadly strand of meningitis.Read
A DOTING mother last night paid an emotional tribute to her son who was killed by a deadly strand of meningitis just hours after complaining of a sore throat.Read
A BANK worker was the author of his own misfortune after taking out a loan with underworld criminals who torched his car and set his home on fire, a judge said.Read
A BANK sales manager armed himself with two machetes after underworld loan sharks torched his home and threatened to “make his life a misery”, he told a court.Read
FORMER Newcastle United owner Freddy Shepherd last night unveiled plans to turn the historic La Sagesse site into one of the North East’s most expensive housing complexes.Read
A PROFESSOR is piloting pre-conviction lie detector tests to deal with suspected internet sex predators as part of a pioneering programme devised in the North East.Read
A CLUB director has been fined after he plastered advertising for a nightclub on a piece of public artwork and caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage.Read
