An online petition to keep Colegate Community Primary School open has more than 2,000 signatures.

Officers say profits from "illegal tobacco factories" are often used to fund more serious crimes.

The school already has a deficit, which is expected to go up to £350,000 by 2025/26.

Three suspects remain in custody after being charged with the death of 40-year-old Gary Belfield.

Emergency services found the man with stab wounds after attending a property in Gateshead.

The site in Felling, Gateshead, has been vacant since the end of 2022, the council say.

Christopher Phillips died last year after emergency services found him with head injuries.

Gateshead's International Paint is fined £800,000 after pleading guilty to safety breaches.