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Coronavirus latest: Two die at mental health trust; Region's death toll reaches 286

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Coronavirus latest: Two patients die at mental health trust

WATCH: Dramatic moment shopkeeper tries to wrestle gun from armed robber

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Residents in this North-East town are the least likely to 'stay at home'

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Dinosaur boy leads neighbours on a doorstep dance to lift spirits

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Quad bike seized and two fined for breaching restrictions

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Hole in wall revealed hidden £212,000 'professional' cannabis farm

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Whitby left eerily quiet as visitors choose to stay away at the weekend

Firms rallying round to boost council stocks

Weapons brandished in street brawl and cars set on fire in Sunderland

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Mayor promises 'clampdown' on lockdown in Middlesbrough

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Greggs reveals how you can make your own pasties from home

Human remains investigation continues as police leave remote site

LISTED: The top 7 places you shouldn't park your car

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Man taken to hospital after quad bike crash

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Firefighters tackling major fire at plastic recycling plant

Sewing group makes scrubs for the NHS

Dad's plea for school that makes disabled twins' faces light-up

Flytipping: 'Do not pay ‘a man with a van’ you found on Facebook to dispose of your waste'

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Locked down hairdressing apprentice trains on dad's nasal hair

Calls for clearer guidelines for businesses on furlough

British Gas engineers to deliver food parcels for those 'desperately' in need

GP practices to remain open over Easter Bank Holiday

A miniature birthday party for nine-year-old Little Alf

Debenhams set to go into administration

How to get home repairs carried out if you're renting or have a council house during coronavirus

Grant for Craven school wildlife project

MP Simon Clarke praises British Steel Skinningrove for avoiding job losses

Coronavirus: National emergency fund helping to feed Darlington's vulnerable

Councils can hold remote meetings from this week

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Town Crier Championships postponed until next year

Lawyers started market stall to support charity

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Coronavirus: Barratt Developments North East closes sites across the region

Challenging obstacle course for charity postponed to next year

North Yorkshire residents may have to store waste at home

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Durham business delivering incontinence items launched

Drug dealer tried to flush cannabis stash down the toilet when police called

Teacher's invention makes computing easy

How Dales wildlife photography brothers inspired Sir David Attenborough

Wensleydale Cheese factory launches virtual tours for Easter

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Boris Johnson admitted to hospital

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Queen calls for people to “remain united and resolute” in speech to nation

Car clocked at 132mph as police say: 'We will not tolerate North Yorkshire being used as a race track'

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Walkers who drove more than 50 miles to walk at Malham Cove sent home by police

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Building work on schools, council offices, town hall and leisure centres stops

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Tributes to country and cabaret singer Dixon J Scott who died of Covid-19

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Coronavirus: Resolute Queen tells nation 'we'll meet again'

The Consett and Stanley businesses with a poor food hygiene rating

Royal Mail urged to better protect workers during coronavirus pandemic

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Coronavirus: What you need to know this Sunday, April 5

Investigation after man found injured on Friday dies in hospital

Tees Valley Airshow is postponed

New £100,000 fund available for charities and community organisations in Darlington

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Hair and beauty students at Darlington College donate face masks and sanitisers

The Darlington mound with room for one car was once the base of a 180ft chimney

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Cleveland Police issue warnings to people breaking lockdown

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Pictures: The days Teessiders were transported on trams

Coronavirus volunteers praise Darlington Council on partnership

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Whatever happened to the original Neptune, Roman god of the water?

Specialist vet centre to feature in BBC series

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Police appeal to key workers to help trace missing man from Middlesbrough

Entire summer festival programme is cancelled

Coronavirus latest: Covid 19 in the North East, North Yorkshire and the UK

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Pay deferrals, money for the EFL and National League but no date for a PL return

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Laugher dives into the world of gaming

A pinstickers guide to the Virtual Grand National

Reasons to be cheerful despite World Cup despair

Decisive day ahead for football

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Racing on hold until July

Can Tiger Roll win the virtual Grand National?

Jones agrees new England deal

Newcastle Falcons set for promotion

Newcastle United: When Bowyer and Dyer went toe to toe

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Jones won't allow standards to slip

Hughes is crowned champion jockey

National League is suspended indefinitely

ECB announce £61m rescue funding package

Root's missing his chance to play for Yorkshire

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Open Championship cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

Pep Guardiola’s 82-year-old mother dies after contracting coronavirus

Eddie Jones suggests new faces could dominate England’s 2023 World Cup squad

Coronavirus wrap: Pep Guardiola’s mother dies after contracting coronavirus

George Russell and Nicholas Latifi take pay cuts as Williams furlough staff

Football Association staff to take wage cuts of up to 30 per cent

Yorkshire become first county to furlough players

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Culture & Lifestyle

Specialist vet centre to feature in BBC series

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North-East B&B rebuilt after devastating fire features on Channel 4's 'Four in a Bed'

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Darlington Hippodrome introduces free online classes

Former glory restored to city’s oldest theatre

Children's writing contest to highlight random acts of kindness

Durham author’s third book in series now available online

Centre launches advice sessions for emerging artists and musicians

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The Darlington mound with room for one car was once the base of a 180ft chimney

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Pictures: The days Teessiders were transported on trams

Beneath the gentle dips of this idyllic village green lie hundreds of bodies - victims of the Black Death plague

Pictures: Darlington's days of trams and trolleybuses

Pictures: The demolition of Peases Mill that once dominated the centre of Darlington

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Discovered plaque sheds light on rich history of Darlington's working men's clubs

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Calls for clearer guidelines for businesses on furlough

Debenhams set to go into administration

MP Simon Clarke praises British Steel Skinningrove for avoiding job losses

Mentor helps businesses with virtual walks

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How vouchers are spreading loss from coronavirus for North-East traders

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North Yorkshire firm shares tips on mitigating COVID-19 business risks

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Childhood gaming linked to higher BMI in teenagers, study finds

New ‘smart toilet’ technology can look for signs of disease, scientists claim

Closed pub raises charity money with rainbow drawings from locals

Communities Minister – private tenants will not be evicted during virus crisis

No virus spread threat from cats, experts say after tiger catches coronavirus

MPs call for social media to be held accountable over 5G conspiracy theories

Cobra meeting must be called for lockdown review, Wales’ First Minister says

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