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A Teesside family are desperately trying to arrange for their daughter to be flown home from Egypt, after she was involved in a horse riding accident.
And celebrations to mark the Queen's birthday. We're live at two locations where beacons will be lit to mark the occasion.
Join us on BBC One at 18:30 for these and all our other stories
Remaining dry into the evening and overnight, with a light northeasterly breeze.
Temperatures will dip under further clear spells, perhaps leading to some mist and fog patches, and a touch of frost around rural parts by dawn.
Minimum Temperature: 2C (36F).
The Northern Echo
Police have appealed for information after two sexual assaults in Ashington. The first happened on Station Road at 20:00 on Monday when a 32-year-old woman was approached by a man riding a mountain bike. Police said he touched her inappropriately as he passed. The second incident, also on Station Road, happened at 22:00 the following day when a 27-year-old woman was also approached by a man on a bike. He asked for the time, touched her inappropriately and made off. He is described as being of large build and was wearing an electric blue tracksuit and a camouflage snood. Officers said he spoke with a "squeaky voice".
More on the collision in Newcastle city centre -
BBC Travel says A186 Westgate Road is closed and there is slow traffic westbound between the B1307 St Nicholas' Street junction and the Orchard Street junction, because of an accident involving four cars.
More details on the Tyne & Wear travel website.
More than £8,000 has been raised in two days to help a Teesside woman who could be paralysed after being crushed by a horse in Cairo.
Olivia Fairclough, 31, from Eaglescliffe, requires urgent surgery on her back amid fears she may never walk again.
Her family are trying to raise £32,000 to pay for treatment and her transport home.
Her brother Trevor said they were in a "blind panic"
The brother of comedian, singer and writer Victoria Wood - who has died after a short battle with cancer - said he believed her work would continue to be enjoyed for many years.
Chris Foote Wood, 75, from Darlington, said he left the family home in Bury, Lancashire, when she was only five and they were not close growing up. He said he had not known of her illness.
"I think it is a great loss to the world, because Victoria was always moving on, always looking to do something new, she had so much breadth of talent, whatever she turned her hand to became a success," he said.
"There was a lot more she would have done, had she lived.
"At least she has been able to leave us all these wonderful shows, stories, sketches and songs and they will continue to be enjoyed for many, many years."
Householders in Jesmond and Heaton are being warned to be on their guard against sneak thieves.
Northumbria Police said there have been "a number of recent incidents" including one in which a 94-year-old woman in Heaton had her purse stolen from her handbag in the middle of the day. She was inside her home and had left the door unlocked. Officers are calling on people to make sure their homes are secure at all times.
Police searching for missing Northumberland-born children's author Helen Bailey say there have been a number of possible sightings.
The 51-year-old, who wrote the Electra Brown series for teenagers and now lives in Royston, Hertfordshire, was last seen walking her dog near her home over a week ago.
Hertfordshire Police said they are now extending their searches for the writer to less used walking routes.
Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole thinks they can earn maximum points from their remaining games and avoid relegation from the Premier League.
The Black Cats beat relegation rivals Norwich on Sunday to move one point from safety with five matches left, but still have to play Arsenal and Chelsea at the Stadium of Light.
"I'm seeing five games left and I think we can win every one of them," he said.
"It would be unbelievable if we did but that is what we are aiming to do."
BBC Newcastle Sport
Gateshead boss Neil Aspin says he's decided which of the current squad he wants to keep and who he is going to release.
The club will publish its retained list in the week after the season ends.
Aspin said: "Things never happen quickly when it comes to signing players." But the Gateshead manager has identified a number of targets...
To mark the Queen's 90th birthday, we've put together a video of some of her visits to the region over the years - you can watch it here.
Some people have been sharing their memories of those visist including Les White who writes: "I remember in 1967 going to Jarrow to see the Queen arrive to get on a train at Jarrow railway station, armed with my ISpy book of car registrations only to be amazed that the Queen's car didn't have one. Happy Birthday."
The Shields Gazette
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they'd like to speak to after hundreds of pounds of clothes were stolen from a shop in Eldon Square.
About £450 of items were taken from the Hollister store on Tuesday, 29 March.Officers say the man was in the shop at the time of the theft and may be able to help with enquiries.
It will be another dry day with pleasantly warm sunny spells. The sunshine may become hazy at times later as cloud increases from southwestern parts.
Maximum Temperature: 16C (61F).
Middlesbrough swimmer Aimee Wilmott has been named in the Team GB swimming squad for this summer's Rio Olympics.
The 23-year-old was selected for the 2012 event in London and has also competed in the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
World champions Adam Peaty and James Guy head the list of swimmers who will be going for gold in August.
A man suffered head injuries when he was attacked by a gang of men in his Gateshead home.
Aboout 18:20 yesterday, the group - all wearing hooded tops and face coverings - broke into a flat in West Lea, Winlaton.
They assaulted the occupant, a 29-year-old, and stole a number of items before fleeing in silver car.
It is believed there may have been five offenders in total and some of the group were armed with metal objects that were used to assault the victim. He required hospital treatment.
A black Asus tablet and a gold saddle ring which has blue tape wrapped around it were among the items taken. A 24-year-old man has been arrested and police said they believe those involved are known to each other.
Welsh billionaire Sir Terry Matthews has given his support to the proposed management buyout of Tata Steel's operations in the UK.
Tata's Port Talbot chief Stuart Wilkie is heading the move.
Neath Port Talbot council chief executive Steve Phillips confirmed he and a number of business associates, including Mr Wilkie, met Sir Terry this week.
Tata Steel directly employs 15,000 workers in the UK and supports thousands of others, across plants in Teesside, Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby and Shotton. Its UK operations are losing about £1m a day.
You can read the full story by clicking here.
An accident has closed the A693 in Beamish and there's slow-moving traffic between the Green's Bank junction and the roundabout junction.
Two cars were involved and a diversion is in place.
Keep up to date with all the latest news on the roads with BBC Travel.
Rangers on one of Britain's most important seabird colonies are hoping for a more successful summer after flooding wreaked havoc last year and led to a large drop in the number of chicks fledging.
Thousands of puffins and other birds have returned after winter to the Farne Islands, which sit just off the Northumberland coast.
Last year storms and torrential rain flooded a huge number of puffin burrows, causing chick productivity to halve. But the team from the National Trust, who look after the islands are hoping for better luck this year.
Ranger Lana Blakely said: "At this time of year we'll see the puffins coming back, it'll gradually build up until we have thousands on the islands like we do now.
"They'll come on, clean out burrows, reaffirm their bonds and you'll see a lot of bill clicking, and they'll also go off for days on end feeding. And as they get closer to their laying date they'll be staying more and more on the islands, getting ready for that time."
There are about 40,000 breeding puffin pairs on the Farnes, which the National Trust describes as the "jewel in its wildlife crown".
BBC Look North
North East and Cumbria
Scientists in the North East are working to develop a drug that could help stop brain cells dying in people who may later be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
The loss of nerve cells in the brain is what causes symptoms of the condition to develop, such as shaking, stiffness and problems sleeping.
More than 5,000 people are currently living with Parkinson's in our region. Dr Amy Reeve has received almost £250,000 to fund her research at Newcastle University.
More now on the Sunday Times Rich List of the top 50 music millionaires in the UK and Ireland.
We told you earlier Sting sits comfortably at number 10 with £185m, but he's not the only well-known North East figure included.
Mark Knopfler, former frontman of Dire Straits, is at 31 - one place behind Adele - with a declared personal wealth of £75m.
And Dunston-born AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson, pictured, is not far behind. Johnson, who's just had to pull out of the band's world tour because of fears about his hearing, has a £65m fortune and that puts him at 36.
The family of a Teesside woman who's in hospital in Egypt with serious spinal and rib injuries after an accident involving a horse say she needs to come back to the UK as soon as possible.
Olivia Fairclough, from Stockton, was working at stables near Cairo when she was crushed by a horse last week.
Her brother Trevor says her insurance policy had lapsed and is trying to make arrangements for her to be flown home. He told BBC Tees she needs urgent treatment if she's to stand a chance of walking again.
"She needs to have the surgery, we need to get her flown back straight away. This is where the blind panic is coming from right now.
"It's recommended she gets back to the UK directly after surgery within 72 hours before any complications, such as infection, set in."
The Northern Echo
BBC Look North
North East and Cumbria
A Northumberland leisure centre has had to enlist security officers to patrol the premises following "unacceptable" behaviour from youths at the site.
Richard Anderson, acting manager of Ashington Leisure Centre, issued a letter to users of the facility explaining the decision and says the aim is to stop the problem before it worsens.
"It's more younger teenagers who are causing a bit of trouble," he said. "There has been a little bit of vandalism within the centre and they have set fire to a table within the library. There's also been a little bit of vandalism on the outside of the centre as well."
BBC Entertainment and Arts
Britain's richest musicians have been named by the Sunday Times and North East-born Sting makes it into the top 10 with £185m.
The newspaper's annual Rich List names the top 50 music millionaires in the UK and Ireland and Sir Paul McCartney tops it with £760m.
Lord Lloyd-Webber is second with £715m while a £500m fortune puts Irish rockers U2 third.
Adele has been named Britain's richest ever female musician, with £85m. That puts her 30th on the list.
As you'll no doubt already know, the country is celebrating a very special birthday today - the Queen's 90th.
A number of events are planned across the nation to mark the event and Hartlepool's two coastal beacons will be among more than 1,000 lit. In case you're wondering, they're gas now, not kerosene. Health and safety!
The Prince of Wales will invite The Queen to light the first beacon at Windsor Castle and that will be followed by the lighting of a number of beacons along the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park and then the others throughout the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK overseas territories and Commonwealth countries.
People are invited to gather at 19:15 at the Town Moor beacon on the Headland and at the beacon on the seafront at Seaton Carew (pictured).
It's set to be another dry day with pleasantly warm sunny spells although the sunshine will perhaps becoming rather more hazy at times later, as cloud increases from the southwest. Winds will be mainly light.
It should stay dry this evening with any cloud tending to clear, giving some long clear spells, with a chilly end to the night.