Ian Reeve

Why a leading American training shoe manufacturer has been making its products in a small village in Cumbria for the past 30 years.

The former head of a Teesside corporation’s credits Margaret Thatcher with its success.

It is estimated an Ashes Test match being held in County Durham will mean a minimum boost of £20m for the economy of the north-east of England.

The Nissan factory in Sunderland is just one of the ties binding the north-east of England and China.

The boat, named Helen Wycherley, has been out of the water in Whitby for 14 years, the owner says.

A private operator steps in to run services impacted by the Go North East strike.

Farmers are offered free volcanic fertiliser in a bid to improve the industry's sustainability.

The majority of the factory now stands empty but it once made about four million hats a year.

Owner Anglo American says up to 2,000 workers could be affected at the site near Whitby.

The government defends bailing out Coherent, which considered closure after losing a deal with Apple.