Live updates for the North East have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

A seven-year-old boy was injured when he was knocked down by a small scrambler bike in Washington. 

It happened at about 16:30 yesterday while he was on a scooter on the footpath at the back of Stridingedge.

The scrambler bike was ridden by a male youth wearing a grey hooded top who came from the direction of Oxclose footbridge towards the Armstrong Industrial Estate.

New episodes of the CBBC show Wolfblood have begun filming in Newcastle and Gateshead.

There’s a new urban backdrop for the fourth series with former wild wolfblood Jana (Leona Vaughan) now taking centre stage.

Helen Bullough, head of CBBC Productions, said: “We’re thrilled to be bringing another series of amazing Wolfblood adventures to its droves of fans, who are so passionate about this brilliant brand. 

"Newcastle/Gateshead is a great backdrop for the twists and turns of this enthralling fourth series and we’re delighted to have welcomed so many fine actors to the cast, with new faces appearing alongside familiar favourites."

Northern Echo editor Peter Barron has written about how important the loss of 1,700 North East steel jobs was to the national press.

(Spoiler alert - it wasn't very...)

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A County Durham man who raped a heavily pregnant woman has been jailed for nine years. 

Durham Crown Court heard the victim was not going to report the rape as she was too scared but a friend convinced her to do so.

She had begged Calvin Chapman, 25, of Kirkfield Gardens in Catchgate, to stop but he carried on the attack.

Chapman denied five charges but was convicted of two counts of rape following a week-long trial. He was cleared of three other sex offences. 

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A Downing Street spokesman tells me ministers are working to help those who will lose their jobs at the Redcar steel plant. 

He said the government is doing "all we can to help workers affected".

The spokesman said it's not clear what Jeremy Corbyn is suggesting the government does to help workers at SSI. 

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Thank you to Craig who's a shift manager at SSI for sending us this photo.

He says it's the final slabs coming off the line.

The Italian steel plant that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn alluded to in his speech (see below at 14:49) is believed to be the site in Taranto.

BBC News reported last December how the Italian government was intervening in the management of Europe's biggest steel plant.

A commissioner was appointed to manage the site as owner Ilva, which is a major employer in southern Italy, had faced criticisms over its environmental record.

However it is believed the site had fundamental differences to the plant in Redcar, and that it was managed due to the emissions problems, rather than financial woes.

David Cameron should feel "shame" for failing to intervene to save steelworkers' jobs on Teesside, Labour's annual conference has heard.

The comments from a Labour councillor came as unions meetofficials from the SSI factory in Redcar to discuss the future of the1,700 staff who'll lose their jobs when the plant is mothballed. 

Oxfordshire County Councillor Mark Cherry told activists gathered in Brighton the Conservative government are "poverty deniers and crusaders against the poor". 

Stockton South Conservative MP and northern powerhouse minister James Wharton said yesterday that affected workers will be supported.

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Oscar-winning film producer Lord David Puttnam is presenting a free lecture at the University of Sunderland in a bid to inspire the next generation of movie-makers. 

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The former head of Columbia Pictures in Hollywood will talk about British Cinema from the 1970s through to his current project – a new film Arctic 30, based on the true-life experiences of Greenpeace protesters.

It takes place at the David Puttnam Media Centre Cinema in the Sir Tom Cowie Campus on Friday at 11:00.

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The mothballing of the SSI steelworks on Teesside has pushed other businesses in the area to the brink of collapse. 

Andy Kelly from the nearby Workx cafe, which is used by workers at the plant, says he is looking at "survival plans". 

He said: "We've decided we're not going to take a wage for the next 12 months if we have to, to keep the business going. What we'll do after that I do not know." 

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An engineering firm says it is having to lay off staff in the wake of the mothballing of SSI's steelworks in Redcar.

Neil Doyle, from Peterson's Engineering in Redcar, says his company is owed about £150,000 by the company.

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"It's been really difficult, we had to cut deep and hard straight away", he said. "Six weeks ago we had 21 employees, and we're now down to 14, and they're all on three months' notice. 

"The directors are looking elsewhere for other contracts, and we'll just have to see what happens in the next couple of months."

Excitement is building in the North East as the South African and Scotland rugby players prepare for Saturday's World Cup clash at St James' Park. 

The Scotland team received a rousing reception at their base - Newcastle's Royal Grammar School - where children lined up to welcome them.

The school's headmaster, Bernard Trafford, and Newcastle groundsman, Andrew Tulley, spoke about the preparations. 

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn continues: "So we stand with the people of Teesside fighting for their jobs, for their industry, for their community.

"And while the company has said it will mothball the plant and lay the workers off, therefore it is not too late now, again, to call on the PM, even at this very late stage, this 12th hour, step in and defend those people.

"Other government's like the Italian government have done the same, why can't the British government? What is wrong with them?"

You can watch his first speech as leader at the party conference live on BBC Two here.

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the government over its handling of Redcar's steel plant.

In his first speech as leader, he said: "There's no security for 2.8 million households forced into debt by stagnating wages.

"And that's the nub of it - Tory economic failure, an economy that works for the few, not the many.

"Manufacturing still in decline - look at the Tory failure to intervene and support our steel industry as the Italian government has done."

You can watch his first speech as leader at the party conference live on BBC Two here.

As unions and SSI executives discuss the mothballing of the Redcar plant, there are fears of a knock on effect on other businesses in the area. 

The plant's Thai owner announced on Monday that there was "no other option", and 1,700 jobs would be lost. 

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Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald said once contractors and the supply chain were taken into account, the number of job losses could be as high as 9,000.

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to be critical of the government's handling of the Redcar steel plant mothballing.

He is expected to say they could have acted sooner to stop 1,700 people being made redundant.

You can watch his first speech as leader at the party conference live here.

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