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A group of young train enthusiasts, aged 16-20, stand in a group facing off to camera left. They are crowded around a yellow support pole aboard a new Tyne and Wear Metro train carriage.

Wearside stories you might have missed

A look back at some of the stories you might have missed on Wearside this week.

Side view of part of a police car - mostly the passenger side door. It is white, with blue and yellow stripes, and marked Police, with the Durham Constabulary crest.

Arrest after four-vehicle fatal crash

Durham Police is appealing for information about the crash involving two motorcycles and two cars.

Barry Dawson looks directly at the camera. He has a bald head and a hooped earring in his left ear lobe. He is smiling. Behind him, out of focus, are many people either queueing or waiting for something.

Two more men charged with shooting murder

Five men have now been charged with shooting dead grandfather Barry Dowson through his window.

Daisy the dog. Brown cockapoo which looks like a spaniel. She is looking at the camera and has brown eyes.

Dog attacks almost double, police force data shows

Northumbria Police sees a rise in dog attacks causing injury to a person or assistance dog.

Barry Dawson looks directly at the camera. He has a bald head and a hooped earring in his left ear lobe. He is smiling. Behind him, out of focus, are many people either queueing or waiting for something.

Second murder charge over grandfather shooting

A second man appears in court over the death of a man shot through a window of his house.

Barry Dawson looks directly at the camera. He has a bald head and a hooped earring in his left ear lobe. He is smiling. Behind him, out of focus, are many people either queueing or waiting for something.

Pair in court over grandfather shot through window

A man and a woman appear in court over the death of a man shot through a window of his house.

Barry Dawson. He is bald and is wearing an off-white shirt.

Shooting victim was much-loved dad, say family

Durham Police says officers will be at work in the Stanley area "for a significant period of time".

Supt Peter Carr of Durham police stands on the steps outside Durham police station holding a clipboard while members of the press film him.

Victim shot through own window, police confirm

Durham Police has given an update after Barry Dawson was killed in Stanley on Saturday.

A yellow and blue police car parked on a terraced street covered in blue and white police tape. A blue and white tent can be seen behind it and a police van further down the road.

Man killed in shooting named as two arrested

A man and a woman are in custody following the death of a 60-year-old man.