A SERIOUSLY ill toddler from the North East has been given a second chance at life after a transatlantic appeal led to a life-saving stem cell transplant.Read
THEY may be the region’s newest millionaires but this lucky couple are not going to give up their day jobs. Ian and Kim McCarthy are celebrating after hitting the jackpot in a Christmas Day lottery draw.Read
A DOCTOR who carried out a full knee replacement operation on a patient who never needed surgery has escaped being struck off the medical register.Read
RESIDENTS and police were jubilant yesterday after licensing bosses rejected an attempt by a town centre nightclub to remain open until 4.30am at weekends.Read
A NORTH East surgeon failed to gain a patient’s full consent before replacing a knee in an operation that was not needed, a disciplinary hearing has been told.Read
A FORMER council binman whose careless driving killed a much-loved sister was beginning a 16-month jail sentence last night after a judge told him he had “lied” in court.Read
THE family of a 24-year-old whose body was exhumed for DNA samples will today be burying him for the second time – exactly 11 years to the day of his funeral.Read
IT could be just a matter of days before the parents of Christopher Rochester find out whether a kidney sent to them by the Greek authorities belongs to their dead son.Read
CRICKET club chiefs behind ambitious £45m plans to redevelop a leading Test match venue want to scrap a rule forcing them to assess transport links within the community.Read
DRAGON’S Den star Duncan Bannatyne has told hundreds of police officers that blinded PC David Rathband should inspire them every day they are out on the beat.Read
A CRICKET club security guard with a “predilection for cross dressing” claimed hundreds of indecent images of children sent to his mobile phone were unwanted and unsolicited.Read