Houghton Barbie collector 'no longer ashamed'

A family from Washington covers their home in hundreds of Christmas lights for children's charity.

The region's drag scene celebrates the success of three North East queens making the finale of Drag Race.

Zeki gives away parcels of hats and gloves to get ready for the forthcoming freezing conditions.

The North East knitters created the items for ballet Lorent's The Velveteen Rabbit production.

Benji's owner Rachel Doran said people were ringing her "20-30 times a day" thinking he was missing.

"We realised that there's a lot of people out there that also need help, that aren't in abject poverty."

Meet Maggie... the Halloween lover converting a hearse into a campervan for one.

A crane was brought in to take the trunk, which had to be cut into pieces as it weighed 3-4 tonnes.

Jen Robinson has located 33 cats and kittens with her team, all within one garden area.

Luke Conway, 24, runs Kinley Hill Farm in a partnership with his aunt and uncle.

Conservationists create a reef for wild oysters to help increase marine biodiversity.

North Shields guinea pig rescue centre warns more people are giving up their pets than it can rehome.

Joe Avary was a US broadcaster, a weatherman in the Cayman Islands and worked on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

We chat to Dame Joan Collins ahead of her UK tour of her one woman show - Behind The Shoulder Pads.

Fans descend on the city ahead of the Magpies' first Champions League appearance for 20 years.

Gill Castle has become the first person with a stoma to swim the English Channel solo.

Lauren Matthewson hopes to raise enough money that could provide someone else with a much-needed dog.

Seven people have been sentenced for their part in a two-day battle between rival drug gangs.

When Andrew Leather was 16 years old he was told by doctors he would never walk again.

Ben Cook completes the 63-mile route between each station over the bank holiday weekend.