News & Sport

State Of Emergency After NZ Earthquake: A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's second largest city after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake collapsed walls and cut off power.; Read the full story

Tax Shocker After Inland Revenue Blunder: Over one million people are facing a £1,500 bill for not paying enough tax thanks to a blunder at the Inland Revenue.; Read the full story

Mum charged with murdering 2 year old: A County Durham mum has been charged over the death of her son.; Read more

County Durham Man Missing For A Week: Police searching for Stephen Burn are asking holiday-makers for help in finding him; Read the full story

Tight Security Surrounds Blair Book Signing: Tony Blair is due to hold his first public book signing since his political memoirs were released this week.; Read the full story

'Talks Were Held' Over Assisted Suicide Case: An team of professionals held an urgent meeting about a severely disabled pensioner who repeatedly threatened to kill himself seven months before he went to Switzerland to die, it has emerged.; Read the full story

You can be a part of the 2012 Olympics: The London Organising Committee are recruiting volunteers from the North East to help out at the games.; Find out how you can help out

Gallery: Crowds at Blackpool Lights: Ahead of the big event, our snappers were out and about taking pictures of you lot at the Big Switch-On.; Take a look at the pictures

Hat-trick For Defoe As England Thump Bulgaria: Jermain Defoe scored a hat trick as England thumped Bulgaria 4-0 in their first European Championship qualifying game.; Read the full story

Features

The Search for Raoul Moat: For 7 days in July the search for Raoul Moat became one of the biggest manhunts the UK had ever seen. We look back at the week

News Audio: Listen again to some of our biggest reports including our interviews with Gazza and Nick Clegg

Global Challenge: Is going green really going to save the planet? Does it matter to you? We look at energy saving tips and advice and discuss the issues

Walking With The Wounded: A team of ex-servicemen who lost limbs in action will take part in Walking With The Wounded and hope to make a new record - to trek to the North Pole.

Real Radio Websafe: In a special investigation Real Radio revealed some of the dangers of the internet as well as looking at what you can do to keep your kids safe online.

The Forces: Real Radio brings you news, charity appeals and more.

Weather & Travel

Northeast Weather

Saturday: Partly Cloudy; Max: 17°C; Min: 12°C

Sunday: Partly Cloudy; Max: 16°C; Min: 12°C

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Northeast Traffic & Travel

A59 Skipton Road (both ways): Harrogate; Road closed due to emergency repairs

A1085 Westgate Roundabout: Grangetown; Restrictions and roadworks on the roundabout

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