The defendants repeatedly ignored his victim's pleas to stop when he assaulted, a court hears.

Gang leader Youssef Wynne, dubbed the "Tony Soprano of Jarrow", is jailed for a minimum of 33 years.

A council says the first week of a planned three-week walkout by the GMB union has been scrapped.

Four men had denied killing 26-year-old Andrew Foster, who was sprayed in the face at his home.

Lawyers for an alleged drug lord accused of orchestrating a fatal attack say there is no evidence.

Four men deny murder and carrying out three other attacks in the day before Andrew Foster's death.

Prosecutors say a gang who murdered a man seriously injured a woman days before.

Prosecutors say a drugs gang targeted four houses in so-called "taxing" raids.