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BBC Look North
The City Safety Group has been meeting in Durham this afternoon after three student deaths in the River Wear,
Last week the Chief Constable of Durham told Look North there wouldn't be extra patrols of the river banks and that students needed to take responsibility for their own safety. Tackling the sale of cheap alcohol within the historic city was, he said, a "key priority".
Well, the safety meeting of police, the university and county council has just finished and our reporter Sharon Barbour was there and will bring us the latest. Join us from 18:30 on BBC One.
Areas of low cloud, and hill fog will continue to affect the North Pennines. Elsewhere largely clear conditions with light winds will allow patchy fog and frost to form, particularly along the Tyne and Teesdale valley.
Minimum Temperature: -2C (28F)
Sting is to play an extra concert at the Sage Gateshead to satisfy what organisers describe as "phenomenal demand".
The former Police front man, who was born in Wallsend, has already committed to two shows on 24 and 25 April.
He has now agreed to a third show on 25 April.
He will be performing songs from his latest album and musical The Last Ship.
Among the other steps to be taken following the deaths of three students in the River Wear in Durham are a guardianship scheme for all premises which would involve volunteers being contacted when someone is excluded so they can escort them home.
A safe place will be created in the city centre for vulnerable drinkers as well as a link with four local taxi firms to get vulnerable drinkers home even if they don't have the obvious means to pay.
We'll have more on this in Breakfast on BBC Newcastle from 07:00 on Tuesday.
Following the deaths of three students in the River Wear in Durham over the last 15 months, the police and council and university officials have been meeting to discuss their next steps.
Here are some of the measures they have announced this afternoon:
OnBBC Newcastle Drive, we're talking to the Met Office about bizarre lightning strikes on North Sea helicopters.It turns out the helicopters are the perfect conductor for lightning in certain cloud conditions because they are negatively charged.
Each year there are around 60,000 return flights to gas and oil rigs. A small number are struck by lightning.
We've been talking to Dr Helen Wells who has been investigating the phenomena.Listen again here.
The story goes that he walked from recruiting office to recruiting office, but in each was told the same thing.
By the time he reached Birkenhead on Merseyside he was so infuriated that he threatened to fight any man who said that the missing inch mattered.
The local MP Alfred Bigland, took up his case wrote to Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener. The War Office eventually allowed more than 3,000 men to join up who had been previously been barred.
The A689 Stockton Road in Hartlepool closed and there is queuing traffic in both directions between the B1276 Seaton Lane junction and the High Street junction, because of an accident.
One lane is blocked and there is queuing traffic on A1(M) southbound between J63, A167 (Chester-le-Street) and J62, A690 (Carrville), because of a broken down vehicle.
More on theBBC Travel website for Teesside. and Tyne & Wear.
Cabella, 24, threw a water bottle after he was replaced during Newcastle's 1-1 draw at home to Stoke on Sunday.
Carver has spoken to Cabella and warned the France winger about his conduct.
The Shields Gazette
Bella Blot, a three-year-old cocker spaniel, is on a challenge to learn a new trick every day for a year at her home on Wearside to raise money for the Dog Aid charity.
Bella, now also known as Paul Spaniels, is an assistance dog helping disabled owner Lynn Stacey around the home and even with the shopping.
Lynn, from Hetton-le-Hole, near Sunderland, hopes to raise £1,000 to help train more assistance dogs.
She updates Bella's 365 Trick Challenge every day on Facebook.
OnBBC Tees Drive this afternoon, we're talking to bosses at Teesside University on how students are educated about the dangers of drugs.This follows news that six people were taken to hospital after taking "strong" ecstasy tablets at a Middlesbrough pub.
The rogue batch of tablets contained higher than normal amounts of the drug MDMA - the base chemical of ecstasy.
From 16:00 GMT we'll be chatting to the university's education officer Ryan Marshall and getting his reaction to the news.
Presenter, Inside Out North East & Cumbria
Josh Walker from Tyneside was in Middlesbrough's youth academy - made it into the first team and captained England as a youngster - but now he's had to leave his young daughter at home while he earns a living playing in India's fledgling football world.
See more on this story on tonight's Inside Out on BBC One in the North East and Cumbria at 19:30.
Rail union the RMT has condemned reports that Pacer trains are to remain in service in the North East for the foreseeable future.Ministers have admitted that the ageing carriages - introduced in the 1980s as a stop-gap - "still have a role to play" on the region's rail network.
The union said members would be mounting a demonstration at Newcastle's Central Station on 13 February.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "We now know that the pledges to replace the clapped-out Pacers have been exposed as nothing but hot air."
The top local headlines at 15:00 include:
The group formed to campaign for a traditional pier in Redcar has folded saying it is unsustainable.
The Redcar Pier Association formed a company in 2013 and attracted hundreds of members, but now it says numbers have fallen away.
The town has not had a pier for more than 30 years.
A £1.6m so-called "vertical pier" was opened in Redcar in 2013.
Two raiders, one armed with a machete, escaped with cash after targeting security guards who were dropping of cash at a North Tyneside store.
The incident happened at the Home Bargains store in the Forum Centre in Wallsend on Sunday afternoon.
The masked robbers made off in a silver Corsa-type car, according to Northumbria Police.
No-one was hurt.
Andre Jones scored 20 points for Newcastle in their 88-70 win, their 12th in succession against the Rocks.
Raiders and Eagles join Leicester Riders and one of Sheffield Sharks and London Lions in the final four.
A formal consultation is to begin into the proposed merger of Hartlepool and Teesside coroner areas.
The merger plan was triggered by the retirement last April of former Teesside coroner Michael Sheffield (pictured), who wascriticised over big delays.
The public consultation will last four weeks.
The top local headlines at 14:00 include:
Newcastle head coach John Carver is preparing his side for Wednesday's trip to Crystal Palace, where his predecessor Alan Pardew is now the manager.
"Alan and I are both professionals and want to win. We'll be toe-to-toe in the technical area but after there'll be one big cuddle," Carver said.
"I've worked with a lot of top coaches and managers and Alan is one of the best. Alan gave me my opportunity to come back here. I'm grateful for that and I learnt so much from him."
Sunderland fans have been toldseason ticket prices at the Stadium of Light for the 2015-16 season are to be frozen.
The club's chief executive, Margaret Byrne, said: "We recognise how important our supporters are to what we are trying to achieve here at Sunderland.
"We wholeheartedly appreciate the sacrifice they make when they commit to a season card and give their backing to the team week in, week out and we want to ensure that as many of them as possible can continue to do so, which is why we have frozen our prices."
The club said fans aged under 16 would pay £99 for a whole season.
The campaign - dubbed Operation Stop It - is being backed by Durham Police and the Environment Agency.
The Shields Gazette
Areas of cloud will drift around, especially across the North Pennines and Cheviots. However, cloud breaks and long sunny periods will occur, particularly to the east of the Pennines, and it will become mild in the east.
Maximum Temperature: 12C (54F)
The new series started today with the first of 15 programmes shown on consecutive weekdays.
Much of the filming took place in August last year and included a number of days when the camera crews followed police officers covering Teesdale, Weardale and parts of Derwentside.
Tracey Laing took this shot in Consett on Saturday evening.
She described it - quite rightly - as "a gorgeous and fiery night sky".
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The top local headlines at 12:00 include:
The A185 Shields Road in Heworth is closed and there is queuing traffic westbound between the Low Heworth Lane junction and Heworth Roundabout, because of a serious accident.
More on theBBC Travel website for Tyne & Wear.
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Among the North East sites to benefit from the government's £140m plan to tackle crumbling schools are Vane Road Primary School in Durham and Dinnington First School in Newcastle.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "Thousands of pupils will benefit from better, brighter, warmer classrooms thanks to this funding.
"Children can't learn and teachers can't teach in schools that are cold and have leaking roofs."
BBC Look North
In today'sLook North we'll be looking at how 16 schools in our region will benefit from a share of the government's £140m Priority School building Programme.
The cash will be used to rebuild or refurbish rundown sites across the North East and is the latest phase of a £2bn overall project to boost the quality of school buildings.