A CARBON “tax” could hit the North East’s industrial heartland with companies going bust or moving abroad, a minister has signalled.

Animal rights campaigners are to protest outside a Sunderland fish and chip shop which sells battered frogs' legs.

A British Airways computer expert has appeared in court charged with planning suicide bombings.

Work begins on a multi-million pound testing centre for the biotechnology industry on Teesside.

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A VULNERABLE man was bullied and attacked in his own home by a thug who pretended to be his friend.

A METRO train slams its brakes on as a motorist speeds by. This is the moment danger driver James Douglas Hall put lives at risk by running a red light at a Tyneside level crossing.

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) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed.

Three MPs and a peer tell a court they are not guilty of charges of false accounting in relation to their expenses claims.

Plans for a new high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are announced by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.

A slew of conflicting reports on Thursday morning shed little light on thesituation of Sahil Saeed, the British boy reportedly kidnapped in Pakistan.

Reports of Sahil Saeed, the five-year-old boy kidnapped in Pakistan, beingfound are being verified.

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.