Tyne Tees News

Former Assistant Manager John Carver has been appointed Newcastle United head coach until the end of the season.

Carver said: "This is a proud day for me.

"I have worked with, and learnt from, the best manager that this football club has had in Sir Bobby Robson. I know what this Club means to this city and its people. I believe in my players and the staff I have around me.

"I am confident that we can deliver exciting successful football and look forward with relish to my role as head coach of this great football club."

There are reports that Newcastle United will confirm John Carver as head coach until the end of the season.

The club have not officially confirmed the appointment but it is thought confirmation will come today, January 26

The body recovered from the River Wear in Durham city last Friday afternoon has now been formally identified as Euan Coulthard.

The 19-year-old was reported missing on Thursday, 15th January after he failed to return home following a night out.

The results of post mortem examination will be forwarded to HM Coroner but police are satisfied there are no suspicious circumstances regarding Euan’s death.

The coroner is expected to arrange for an inquest to open, probably later this week.

Trevor Bankhead, who found the body believed to be Euan Coulthard, says he does not know if he will be able to dive into the river again, at least for a while.

Mr Bankhead has been having nightmares since he made the discovery. He said he had to go and try to find Euan as a father of four girls. He says he understood what the Coulthard family must be going through.

History is being made at York Minster today for the consecration of the Church of England's first female bishop.

The Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend John Sentamu will ordain the Rev. Libby Lane as the Bishop of Stockport.

It comes two decades after the ordination of the first women priests.

Read: First female bishop to make history in York

Police have thanked motorists for their patience after officers had to close part of the A19 northbound for several hours this morning.

There was a collision just after 3am, involving a white Volvo heavy goods vehicle and a white Mercedes Sprinter van.

It happened just after the A689 turnoff, almost parallel to the Clipper Tea Factory on Wynyard Business Park. Both drivers were taken by ambulance to the University Hospital of North Tees to be seen for what are currently believed to be minor injuries.

The A19 north was fully closed for a stretch just before the A689, with traffic being diverted and the road was reopened at 9.30am.

Anyone who witnessed the collision and who has not yet spoken to police is asked to contact Cleveland Police on the non-emergency number 101.

A professional diver travelled over 170 miles to find the body of missing Durham University student Euan Coulthard, after police said it was too dangerous to enter the river.

Trevor Bankhead said he discovered a body within seconds of entering the River Wear just yards from where the 19-year-old law student was last seen on Framwellgate Bridge.

The body has not yet been formally identified, but the diver said he knew it was Euan immediately. The diver said that while underwater he said "I've come to take you home, my friend."

Mr Bankhead works as a commercial shellfish diver and travelled from the Western Isles in Scotland to Durham to look for the missing student to bring closure to Euan's family, after speaking to his brother Gary, a firefighter involved in the search.

Mr Bankhead, from Chester-le-Street, has scuba dived in the River Wear more than 500 times.