Terrific work by Tom, who got a real sense of community pride among people who live in this town. Yes it has issues, but it also has hope.

Dreadful scenes in Hartlepool tonight. The first reporter on the scene was Tom Burgess from The Northern Echo and you can follow this evening’s events as they unfolded here: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24489801.…

My interview in The Northern Echo with Lee Mead ahead of his appearance in the darlingtonhipp this Christmas. He’s looking forward to playing the Prince in Sleeping Beauty in Darlington. And he loves a good curry does Lee: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24748879.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo is a blue plaque making the site of a historic building in Durham. Want to know more? Click here: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24758678.…

An organisation dedicated to connection, conversation and creation is on the look-out for new members. Tyneside Community Wood Shed is based in Jarrow. Rob Lawson thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24006651.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo is a Viking treasure hoard found by a father and son in a ploughed field near Harrogate: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24820138.…

Chancellor of Durham University and acclaimed foreign affairs specialist, Dr Fiona Hill - who grew up in Bishop Auckland - was recognised in the New Year Honours List. See The Northern Echo for a full list of the region's recipients. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24018470.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo today is a ruined castle - with a ghost: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24831021.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo tells the tale of a brutal death, which may even have been witnessed by Guy Fawkes. This woman's hand was severed after her demise and became a religious relic - which today is in safekeeping at a York convent: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24862787.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo is a County Durham fountain which has been gushing sulphurous water for nearly 200 years: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24897844.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo reveals a wartime love story in letters in the archives of Eden Camp Modern History Museum thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24935668.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo has moved to a Tuesday. The first offering in its new slot is a silver cigarette case in the Green Howards Museum museum which was presented to a soldier for his part in a daring rescue - involving elephants. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24936882.…

I interviewed Paul Riley - best known in the role of Winston Ingram from Still Game - ahead of his stand up show in Newcastle. Here’s the feature in The Northern Echo thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24957050.…

Object of the Week in The Northern Echo is a series of tape recordings which were unheard for years, but which a York academic believes shed new light on a mail van robbery in 1950s London. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24990511.…

My review of the Blackeyed Theatre production of Dracula at the darlingtonhipp for The Northern Echo - classy, clever, atmospheric and engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Today’s Object of the Week in The Northern Echo is a puzzle in an exhibition at The Story Durham featuring flags - but all is not as it seems. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25086105.…

Embrace frontman Danny McNamara is coming to Darlington for an audience with fans at The Forum Music Centre. Nice guy, should be a good evening. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25107458.…

Something is afoot in Object of the Week in The Northern Echo today… thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25119091.…

Disruption in Newton Aycliffe as a pro-Palestine group occupy a factory roof on the town’s industrial estate. The Northern Echo is following the story live as it unfolds: thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25241020.…

My feature in The Northern Echo on how a 40-year-old mystery over sunken timbers in the River Wear near Durham was solved by Gary Bankhead and his team. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/25292930.…