18 May 2013 Last updated at 10:45 ET

Localised floods cause road closuresCar in Bowburn

Roads across north-east England are closed because of localised flooding.

Food bank genericFood bank visits 'rise by 470%'

Visits to food banks around the North East and Cumbria have soared in the last year, with one charity recording a 470% increase.

Council to cut 300 jobs by 2017

Hundreds of jobs will be cut after Stockton Council's cabinet approves plans to save £9.4m over the next four years.

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Grand designs stalled by recession What next for Middlehaven? Community In A Cube and Middlesbrough College buildings at Middlehaven

In pictures: Gray's Hartlepool The effect of shipbuilding on a Teesside town Man working at Gray's Shipyards, Hartlepool

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UKIP in big local election push

13:42 UK time, Friday, 19 April 2013

UKIP has a record number of candidates in the county council elections but can they upset the established parties?

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Chris Jackson Article written by Chris Jackson Chris Jackson Presenter, Inside Out, North East & Cumbria

Who controlled guns in Durham?

17:54 UK time, Monday, 11 March 2013

Inside Out catalogued failures in gun control in County Durham - who was in control?

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