A student with stage five kidney disease faces removal from the UK for not paying her PhD fees bbc.in/4bA2Wft

Five years ago, Ruhi Akhtar was working in the NHS when she decided to take a sabbatical to help refugees abroad bbc.in/3KjgM9M

Estimated million tonnes of sewage pumped into sea bbc.in/3V90YM7

Sir John said he was "white and proud of it" and was backing the party because he did not want to see his country's culture "destroyed".

Newcastle Council isn't immune from postal vote chaos: I was disenfranchised by Newcastle City Council because they can't send ballots to China properly. A very frustrating violation of my demcoratic rights. Full story at BBC North East from Jason Arunn Murugesu: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Newcastle's public transport... by the people who run that public transport "It is effectively like trying to keep a huge number of classic cars on the road." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Plans to replace a ditched low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) have faced criticism from residents bbc.in/4fhZzMn

A citizen science water quality project, which previously was funded by grants, will go ahead this summer after organisers said they would pay for it themselves bbc.in/4c1u8Tx

Eight rare chickens stolen from city farm bbc.in/4dLct4h

Nuclear plant radioactive leak 'slowing down' bbc.in/3ZxRj5D

No fish data for one year due to broken counter bbc.in/3BdMCDP

Researcher hunts for anti-slavery campaigner photo bbc.in/48bldip

Zoo may have to quarantine endangered crayfish bbc.in/3XXtkud

Town makes just three riot compensation claims bbc.in/3ADX07K

Family 'stressed' over UK removal threat bbc.in/48LjFvF

Blind duck rescued after getting 'bullied' bbc.in/4igYnKH

Help needed to identify WW1 soldiers in £1 photo bbc.in/4iDyDZe

'How am I going to get such money to see my kids?' bbc.in/4g9ZKJE

Sewage data not accurate, water boss tells MPs bbc.in/3DDyp4x

Fan waits 29 years for beer saved for trophy win bbc.in/3DQzXs7