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A Google Street View screenshot of the entrance to North Tyneside General Hospital, which is one of the hospitals managed by the trust. An ambulance is outside. There is a dusting of snow on the roof.

Healthcare staff to strike for 48 hours over pay

Unison says more than 300 of its members at the trust were balloted over the strike action.

A delegation of space industry representatives standing in front of a Blue Moon lunar lander. The large craft is white with sections painted gold.

Florida space delegation visits North East

The event in Durham is aiming to link local space businesses with others in the US.

The front of Hedgeley Services petrol station. A person is withdrawing cash from the machine to the side of the brown brick one-storey building.

Bomb squad called to petrol station ATM blast

Thieves set off an explosion while targeting a cash machine at a Northumberland petrol station.

A stone bridge with a small, black dog standing underneath it in front of a wooden fence. The ground is covered in grass.

Rail line restoration granted £255k to fix bridge

Northumberland County Council hopes the restoration will provide an economic boost to Alnwick.

Stewart Oades, Martin Swinbank and another man stand in front of the new bridge at Greenfield which is wooden and about four metres long. It was reinstalled in November 2024.

Former rail line reopens to walkers

The stretch, from Greensfield to Rugley Bridge, is to be used again - the first time since 1953.

A stock image of a doctor wearing a plastic apron over their scrubs and holding a stethoscope.

Hospital change to reduce wait times and cut trips

The Northumberland sites are to become urgent treatment centres.

A square brick-lined opening to a cellar is shown with tools on one side and a yellow bucket

Centuries-old cellar found under old stretch of A1

The cellar is part of an old shop and until 1970 all the A1 traffic would have gone over it.

A Google Street View screenshot of the entrance to North Tyneside General Hospital, which is one of the hospitals managed by the trust. An ambulance is outside. There is a dusting of snow on the roof.

Healthcare staff vote to strike over pay row

Unison says 96% of its members working for Northumbria Healthcare Trust are prepared to walk out.

A stretch of the A1 near Alnwick. There are two lanes on the left-hand side of the central reservation. A grassed area and trees are to the left of the road.

Man dies after being hit by lorry on A1

Police say the man had got out of his car after hitting the central reservation near Alnwick.