Updates on Tuesday 16 December 2014
Lloyd Watson
BBC News
That's all from BBC Local Live today. We'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday. Take a look at today's coverage of the Hartlepool Bombardment including: An audio slideshow, Hartlepool then and now and our live page.
Image source, Hartlepool Culture and InformationAnd you can send your pictures by email to northeast.locallive@bbc.co.uk or tweet @BBCNewsNE, external and we may feature them on BBC Local Live tomorrow.
Peter Harris
Look North
It was the first time in British history that civilians were bombarded in their own homes by foreign forces.
The Bombardment of Hartlepool by the German navy on 16 December 1914 began at 08:00.
More than 1,000 shells from three German warships rained down on the town for 45 minutes. I'll be looking back on the day's events in Hartlepool on BBC Look North at 18:30 on BBC One.
Northern Echo
A 19-year-old man was attacked with a knife by robbers who also stole property from his car, external.
A Hartlepool Bombardment memorial has been unveiled on the town's headland.
Hartlepool museums manager Mark Simmons said the bombardment was significant because it led to the death of the first British soldier and first British civilian on home soil during World War One as a result of enemy action and because of coastal defences being used.
Image source, Hartlepool CouncilThe Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham, Mrs Sue Snowdon (left) unveiled the new memorial with the ceremonial Mayor of Hartlepool, Councillor Stephen Akers-Belcher.
The Gazette
A fresh review has been launched into the death of new dad Benji Bolsenbroek, external, who collapsed shortly after he was involved in a fight.
Image source, The GazetteHartlepool's Fens Primary School, external on Mowbray Road will remain closed until the new year, the council says.
Although the buildings themselves are not affected, the school was unable to open this morning due to major overnight flooding of its car park. It is due to reopen on 5 January.
Stuart Whincup
BBC Look North
A Middlesbrough fan who ripped up pages of the Koran has become the first woman in the region to be banned from every football ground in England and Wales.
Julie Phillips, 51, ripped up the pages of the Islamic holy book during Middlesbrough's game away at Birmingham City last December.
The police said Phillips, who had already received a lifetime ban from Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium, had caused or contributed to numerous other acts of disorder. The judge at Teesside Magistrates' Court told her the banning order will last for three years.
The top local headlines at 17:00 include:
BBC Tees: Police are appealing for witnesses following a crash in Stockton yesterday evening which left a 22-year-old motorcyclist in a critical condition.
BBC Newcastle: Jon Harle and Anne Leuchars have a round-up of the day's news.
Clare Haddon from Whitley Bay has paid tribute to her former manager Tori Johnson, who was killed in the armed siege in Australia.
Claire had been travelling and worked in the Lindt café last year, where the siege took place.
She said: "When anyone passes away, they're always described as a friendly and lovely person, but in Tori's case that is 100% true. He was a great guy, I really enjoyed working for him so it was really sad that he was one of the victims."
IOR were in control of Pools from 1997, with their high point reaching the League One play-off final in 2005.
Image source, PAHartlepool are currently bottom of the Football League and without a manager. "Peter Harris of TMH has taken over as chairman with Ken Hodcroft leaving the board and Russ Green retained as chief executive," a club statement read.
Hartlepool-born James Clark produced this oil on canvas of the bombardment just weeks after the attack in 1915.
The Bombardment of the Hartlepools shows a young girl being taken to safety by a local fisherman as soldiers from the Heugh Battery defend the town.
Image source, James ClarkSee more of our coverage of the Hartlepool Bombardment including: An audio slideshow, Hartlepool then and now, and our live page.
Northern Rail have just amended that advice, saying the 15:25 Bishop Auckland to Saltburn service due at 16:49 will be terminating at Darlington, external.
The 16:55 Saltburn to Darlington will now run as scheduled.
Northern Rail tweets, external: CANCELLED: Due to a person hit by a train 16:55 #Saltburn to #Darlington due 17:49 is cancelled
The top local headlines at 16:00 include:
BBC Tees: Exactly 100 years ago, World War One arrived on the North East coastline with the bombardment of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough.
BBC Newcastle: Jon Harle and Anne Leuchars have a round-up of the day's news.
Sunderland Echo
Gus Poyet's long-term objective is to have a January transfer window where Sunderland can look to the future, external.
Image source, Sunderland EchoAs we reported last week, a memorial to mark the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce of 1914, when some British and German soldiers stopped fighting and played football was unveiled by the Duke of Cambridge.
Image source, PATen-year-old Spencer Turner from Newcastle has answered a Q&A about his inspiration behind the World War One memorial.
As part of the World War One At Home project, 80 hours of audio was discovered at Teesside Archives. It was recorded in the 1980s with people who were teenagers at the time of the Hartlepool Bombardment giving their first-hand accounts.
Pupils from Dyke House School, in Hartlepool, listened to the audio and with the help of performance poet Kate Fox produced a poem.
They thought about what it was like for teenagers 100 years ago who were on their way to school when the bombardment started. Listen to the poem here., external
The Chronicle
Newspaper
An anaesthetist with "octopus hands" is facing jail, external after he was convicted of groping nurses at a Tyneside hospital.
Image source, The ChronicleThe top local headlines at 15:00 include:
BBC Tees: Exactly 100 years ago, World War One arrived on the North East coastline with the bombardment of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough.
BBC Newcastle: Two police officers from County Durham are to face a disciplinary hearing for allegedly using a crowbar to kill a wounded deer.
BBC Tees
Hartlepool United are in advanced takeover talks and former Rotherham boss Ronnie Moore is close to becoming manager, BBC Tees Sport has learned.
Paul Murray was sacked after 44 days in charge following the FA Cup loss to Blyth, with Pools bottom of League Two.
Image source, PAMoore, 61, has been out of work since Tranmere terminated his contract in April after he admitted breaking Football Association betting rules.
The potential takeover is believed to involve boxing promoter Dennis Hobson.
