All news by author: Kristy Dawson

Little Mya-Ela, from Stakeford, Northumberland, was diagnosed with stage three Burkitt Lymphoma after suffering from problems with her stomach - but at first, doctors dismissed her symptoms for viral infections

Christine Elliott was having a lie-in at her home in Wylam, Northumberland, when the Mercedes lost control and flipped over before smashing into her bungalow on Sunday morning

Mum Kayla Robinson, 41, from Winlaton, Tyne and Wear, was lifting her River Island crossbody bag over her head when the zip stuck under a nostril in a freak accident

Georgia Charlton has children as young as two but says her XL Bully Boris is "placid" and wouldn't even know how to bite - but the breed looks set to be banned by the end of the year

Melissa Pope said her 11 year old daughter Layla Thomson was put into isolation and sent home during her first day at Grace College in Gateshead

A dad claims his 15-year-old daughter was left with blisters after she was sent home from school in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, after being told to wear shoes which were too small for her

Wendy and Lee Embleton, from North Tyneside, say they were abandoned by RAC and Richford Motor Services, the third party company which RAC use, for more than an entire day

Joanna Hughes, 35, her husband Jon, 38, and their daughter Emilia were forced to run for safety after their family holiday turn into a desperate escape as flames engulfed the Greek island

Mum-of-three Tanya Ballan was diagnosed with the serious form of skin cancer after suffering from back pain and a swollen stomach before discovering she had stage four cancer in both breasts

Vicky King, 39, from Gateshead, has told how she lost nearly £2,000 in a bank scam with the money intended to pay for a trip to Disneyland for Declan, four, who is terminally ill

Northumbria Police confirmed a staff member who worked at Ocean Beach Pleasure Park in South Shields, Tyneside, has died after an accident on one of the rides last month

Cheeky two-year-old Nero had been secretly stealing the hair ties from the bedside table in Newcastle, Tyneside, and his quick-thinking owner knew she had to rush him to the vets

The robot, named 'Bernard', shocked commuters as it casually trotted onto the platform and caught a train on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Mum-of-two Sarah Hawkes was her family's "rock" and died after in her sleep days after complaining of migraines and brain fog at her home in Newcastle, Tyneside

PC James Pentland, of Northumbria Police, has been dismissed without notice after "motorboating" a woman while dancing in a Newcastle nightclub where he touched her breasts