Our live feed has now finished.
- Welcome to The Northern Echo's live blog. We'll be bringing you breaking news, top stories, traffic, and weather updates from across the North East this morning, Thursday, July 14.
Summary
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article