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The new "Jarrow Marchers": "we want our voices heard"
Joanna Adams is organising the Jarrow to London march as she says many people are unhappy about the way the NHS is run.
The "Jarrow March" of 2014
A group of mothers from Darlington have announced they're going to march from Jarrow to London in protest against how the NHS is run.
So far more than 600 people from across the country have signed up to go on the march. It will start in August and take more than three weeks to complete.
They say they're angry at the direction in which the NHS is heading.
They've taken their inspiration from the Jarrow March in the 1930s, in which hundreds walked in protest against unemployment.
A Department of Health spokesperson said:
"This Government is completely committed to the founding principles of the NHS - that, for all of us, it is free at the point of use, based on a person's clinical need, not their ability to pay, and there are absolutely no plans to change this."
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VIDEO: Easter Sunday's forecast for the North East
by Emma Jesson
Cloudy at first on Bank Holiday Monday, and slow to brighten. A much slower day than Easter Sunday. Best sun in the evening.
Read the full storyFamily of five hurt in North Yorkshire crash
North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses to a two-car collision on the A169 Whitby to Pickering road.
It involved a blue Fiat Panda and a blue MG ZR car and occurred close to RAF Fylingdales at about 9.25am on Saturday.
Five occupants in the Fiat Panda, which ended up on its side in a ditch, were taken to Scarborough Hospital for treatment.
Their injuries are described as "non life-threatening".
It is believed they are grandparents and their grandchildren who were visiting from the Birmingham area.
The man driving the MG, from the Stafford area, was uninjured.
Emergency assistance was also provided by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and staff from RAF Fylingdales.
Investigation after York restaurant fire
An investigation is underway after a fire broke out at a converted mill in North Yorkshire.
At it's height around 25 firefighters from York and Selby were called out to tackle flames at the Spice Mill restaurant in Riccall.
Crews say the building has been severley damaged by the blaze and they are now working to establish the cause.
Two arrests after city centre disturbance
Two men have been arrested after a disturbance in Newcastle. At 1.49am on Easter Sunday police received a report of an assault at The Gate complex in the city centre.
A man aged 33 was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to commit GBH, and a 23-year-old man on suspicion of assault.
They are both in custody helping with enquiries.
The 23-year-old received hospital treatment for cuts to his face.
Any witnesses to the incident or anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 ext 69191, quoting reference 140 20/04/14, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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EASTER SUNDAY forecast for the rest of the Bank Holiday
by Emma Jesson
So, generally turning out dry and bright across the Tyne Tees region on Easter Sunday.
Read the full storyRunner describes a fast paced race
George Rudgeman was among more than 2 thousand runners who completed the North Tyneside 10k race. He describes what kept him going along the route, from The Parks sports centre in North Shields to St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay.
Bishop of Durham: "There is much fear"
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham led his first Easter service, in which he spoke of fear and what causes it.
Read the full storyBishop leads Dawn Vigil at Durham Cathedral
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham, led a dawn service of Initiation and Communion at Durham Cathedral today in which he Baptised five people.
The dawn service, often called the Dawn Vigil, was the first service of Easter Day at the cathedral.
In his first Easter Day service since being enthroned as Bishop of Durham, Bishop Paul gave a sermon in which he spoke of fear and what makes us afraid saying:
"We live in a world where there is much fear. So too on the streets of our communities like Jarrow, Hartlepool, Stockton, Sunderland, Easington and the farms of the Dales there are people who live with deep fears."
"Fears of domestic abuse and violence; fears of long term illness; fears of failing to be able to heat the home and feed the children adequately; fears of no job on leaving school or college; fears of loneliness and hopelessness.”
Bishop Paul concluded by saying: “But there is a fear that takes us forward; it is the 'fear of the Lord'. This is not being afraid of God but it is, in Eugene Peterson's words, 'living responsively and appropriately before who God is, who he is as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.'
