NISSAN is today set to safeguard thousands of jobs by announcing plans to manufacture its new electric car in the North East.

Nissan is to build its new electric car, the Leaf, in Sunderland, safeguarding hundreds of jobs, the Japanese firm announces.

At least three people suffer serious injuries jumping from a blazing block of flats on South Tyneside.

Campaigners set up a new group against proposals to rebuild a Teesside school in a popular park.

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NISSAN workers are today celebrating after they clinched the deal to build the Leaf electric car.

KILLER drug mephedrone is available on the streets of Tyneside at pocket-money prices, the Chronicle can reveal.

A teenager accused of causing the death of a boy by dangerous driving was expected to appear at Teesside Crown Court today.

Hollywood rolled into Redcar today as filming got under way on a major movie blockbuster.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region accelerated in March, suggesting the economy remained on a modest recovery path.

UK borrowing could be less than forecast this financial year after better-than-expected February figures and revised January data.

Facebook is considering installing a "panic button" on its site to allow users to report suspected paedophiles, it confirms.

Sahil Saeed, a five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan after hisfamily paid a£110,000 ransom has been reunited with his father.

Amsterdam has taken over from the"Costa del Crime"of southern Spain as thepreferred hiding place for Britain's most wanted fugitives.

Police and firefighters are reminding people of the dangers of swimming in rivers after a woman saved a teenager from drowning in Prudhoe.

PRUDHOE Traders? Association is calling for a public inquiry over the handling of the Duke of Northumberland?s plans to redevelop the town centre.