That's all from BBC Local Live. We'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday. We've had lots of music news today with the announcement that BBC 6 Music Festival is coming to Tyneside next month.
We leave you with news of one more artist who's just been announced right now - it's Gaz Coombes, the hirsute frontman of 90s band Supergrass.
Cloudy and relatively mild during the evening, with a little light rain. Becoming increasingly windy overnight, with most areas seeing some heavier and more prolonged rainfall before colder conditions and potentially heavy blustery showers spread from Consett and the west around dawn.
Championship side Boro have already knocked out Premier League champions Manchester City in round four.
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Reach said: "With those big teams going out, we're slightly disappointed it's Arsenal away, but it'll be a great day out for the fans. Every FA Cup game we'll take about 8,000 fans and it brings everyone together.
"It's a little breather from the Championship, which is tough, and it builds everyone's confidence which is good."
6 Music will broadcast gigs from venues including the Sage Gateshead and the O2 Academy from 20-22 February.
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Other acts on the line-up will include Hot Chip, Young Fathers, Neneh Cherry, Interpol, Jon Hopkins, Kate Tempest, The Charlatans, Villagers and Jungle. It comes a year after the first 6 Music Festival took place in Manchester.
Roadworks on A1
There's slow traffic on A1 southbound between Blaydon and Lobley Hill Interchange in the roadworks area. More on BBC Travel News for
BBC Newcastle: Jon Harle and Anne Leuchars have a round-up the day's news.
BreakingPermanent deal for Yanga-Mbiwa
Matthew Raisbeck
BBC Newcastle
Newcastle United defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has completed a transfer to AS Roma after meeting a contractual condition contained in the loan agreement between the clubs.
There will still be a good deal of cloud around this afternoon but for many it'll stay dry. A little patchy light rain or drizzle is possible, especially across the Pennines.
Professional diver Trevor Bankhead now lives Scotland but travelled home to Durham a week after Euan Coulthard went missing.
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Students in Durham City are being warned to take extra care along the banks of The River Wear after the deaths of three students in the last 15 months.
NE worst for youth smoking
The North East is one of the worst areas in the country for smoking rates among young people, according to a study.
Hartlepool (15.87%), Gateshead (15.92%), Plymouth (15.93%) and South Tyneside (16.27%) have been identified as having high rates of youth smoking, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) say.
Nationally an estimated 12.71% of 15-year-olds are regular or occasional smokers, but the data shows considerable variation between areas, according to the researchers.
Forshaw for Middlesbrough?
Paul Addison
BBC Tees Sport
Wigan Athletic are refusing to comment on reports that Adam Forshaw is going to sign for Middlesbrough.
Forshaw was signed from Brentford by former boss Uwe Rosler at the start of the season, signing a four-year contract.
BBC Newcastle: The Lib Dem MP for Berwick Sir Alan Beith, says we need to focus on how to improve a controversial prison rather than debate whether it should have been privatised or not.
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A man who broke his ankle showing off in a YouTube video and then tried to claim compensation has admitted fraud.
During the floods in Newcastle in June 2012, Stephen Robinson, 30, of Caroline Cottages in Slatyford, claimed he was walking along Pooley Road when he stepped through a metal drain which had collapsed.
He contacted Newcastle City Council to claim compensation, and their insurers were going to pay him £17,000. But the company discovered the video showing Robinson taking a running jump into the flooded road, watched by a crowd of cheering people.
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He was sentenced to 200 hours community service and fined £600 after pleading guilty to fraud by false representation at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.
BBC Tees: A boyfriend has been jailed for 15 years after he admitted pouring petrol on his partner then setting her alight, trapping her in their burning flat.
BBC Newcastle: The Lib Dem MP for Berwick Sir Alan Beith, says we need to focus on how to improve a controversial prison rather than debate whether it should have been privatised or not.
Photo of arsonist released
Durham Police have released this picture of Edward McArthur, who attacked his girlfriend in Darlington last year after a row, intending to scar her so she could never get another boyfriend.
McArthur, 40, admitted arson with intent to endanger life and grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 15 years and nine months.
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Free school future discussed
BBC Look North
The fate of Durham Free School will be discussed in the House of Commons this evening.
Yesterday pupils and parents raised a banner over the school protesting at the decision. The debate's been secured by Durham's Labour MP Roberta Blackman Woods.
Edward McArthur attacked Rebecca Major in Darlington last year after a row, intending to scar her so she could never get another boyfriend.
McArthur, 40, admitted arson with intent to endanger life and grievous bodily harm. Miss Major suffered 40% burns and was forced to jump for her life from a burning flat, fracturing her skull.
News on the hour
The top local headlines at 13:00 include.
BBC Tees: A boyfriend has admitted pouring petrol on his partner then setting her alight, trapping her in their burning flat.
BBC Newcastle: The Lib Dem MP for Berwick Sir Alan Beith, says we need to focus on how to improve a controversial prison rather than debate whether it should have been privatised or not.
Pub fire 'suspicious'
Hannah McMahon
BBC Tees
A fire at a pub in Hartlepool is being treated as suspicious, police say.
Cleveland Fire Brigade was called to the Woodcutter Pub in Kingsley Avenue in Hartlepool yesterday afternoon.
The pub is derelict and due to be demolished but investigators believe the fire may have been started deliberately.
Pupils at Northumberland Church of England Academy in Ashington have spent the day with an Auschwitz survivor talking about the Holocaust.
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One year nine pupil said: "I don't think I'd be able to do that if I was out there because I wouldn't be able to cope like she did - she was a really brave person."
BreakingMan admits setting girlfriend alight
A boyfriend has admitted pouring petrol on his partner then setting her alight and trapping her in their burning flat.
Rebecca Major, 32, saved her own life by smashing a window with a table and jumping from an upstairs window.
Edward McArthur, 40, was on trial at Teesside Crown Court where he denied attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life. He has now admitted the arson and an alternative charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The jury cleared him of attempted murder on the direction of the judge.
News on the hour
The top local headlines at 12:00 include:
BBC Newcastle: The Lib Dem MP for Berwick and chairman of the Justice Committee, Sir Alan Beith, says we need to focus on how to improve a controversial prison rather than debate whether it should have been privatised or not.
BBC Tees: A fire at a pub in Hartlepool is being treated as suspicious.
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That's all from BBC Local Live. We'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday. We've had lots of music news today with the announcement that BBC 6 Music Festival is coming to Tyneside next month.
We leave you with news of one more artist who's just been announced right now - it's Gaz Coombes, the hirsute frontman of 90s band Supergrass.
Get the full details here, and remeber there's more acts still to be announced tonight.Cloudy and mild
Paul Mooney
BBC Weather presenter
Cloudy and relatively mild during the evening, with a little light rain. Becoming increasingly windy overnight, with most areas seeing some heavier and more prolonged rainfall before colder conditions and potentially heavy blustery showers spread from Consett and the west around dawn.
Minimum temperature: 3C (37F).
Check the forecast near you.On tonight's BBC Look North
Gerry Jackson
BBC Look North
Holocaust Memorial Day services have been taking place around the region on the
70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.For campaigners, it's particularly important that the lessons learned from the Nazi genocide are taken into our schools.
I've been to one in County Durham that's been giving the day special attention. I'll have more on this story on
BBC Look North at 18:30 on BBC One.Maximo Park listen again
It was announce this morning that one of the acts who'll be taking to the stage at the
BBC 6 Music Festival, which takes place on Tyneside from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 February 2015, will be Maximo Park.The local lads performed two tracks in Newcastle for Lauren Laverne at a special launch event for the Festival.
If you missed it, you can listen again here. Villagers also performed, you can hear their set here.Royal Blood to play Tyneside
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Royal Blood, Mercury Prize 2014 and BRIT 2015 nominees, have been added to the 6 Music Festival which is due to take place on Tyneside next month.
More of the latest acts announced by BBC 6 Music include The Charlatans, Wire and Public Service Broadcasting.
More bands will be announced on BBC 6 Music throughout the day.
Listen live here.Boro 'disappointed' at Arsenal draw
Middlesbrough winger Adam Reach says
another tough FA Cup draw at Arsenal is a "slight disappointment" with a quarter-final place in prospect.Championship side Boro have already knocked out Premier League champions Manchester City in round four.
Reach said: "With those big teams going out, we're slightly disappointed it's Arsenal away, but it'll be a great day out for the fans. Every FA Cup game we'll take about 8,000 fans and it brings everyone together.
"It's a little breather from the Championship, which is tough, and it builds everyone's confidence which is good."
'Exciting live music'
6 Music BBC
Paul Smith, from Maximo Park, was asked to describe the BBC 6 Music Festival in three words.
He chose: Exciting live music - he'll be hoping to live up to those words when performing.
Driver charged with attempted GBH
The Shields Gazette
A driver has been
charged after a man was struck by a car in an early-morning incident in South Tyneside.More on BBC 6 Music Festival
Bands including The War on Drugs, The Fall and Maximo Park will play at
BBC radio station 6 Music's second festival in Newcastle and Gateshead next month.6 Music will broadcast gigs from venues including the Sage Gateshead and the O2 Academy from 20-22 February.
Other acts on the line-up will include Hot Chip, Young Fathers, Neneh Cherry, Interpol, Jon Hopkins, Kate Tempest, The Charlatans, Villagers and Jungle. It comes a year after the first 6 Music Festival took place in Manchester.
Roadworks on A1
There's slow traffic on A1 southbound between Blaydon and Lobley Hill Interchange in the roadworks area. More on BBC Travel News for
Teesside and Tyne and Wear.News on the hour
The top local headlines at 17:00 include.
BreakingPermanent deal for Yanga-Mbiwa
Matthew Raisbeck
BBC Newcastle
Newcastle United defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has completed a transfer to AS Roma after meeting a contractual condition contained in the loan agreement between the clubs.
The French defender
joined Roma on a loan deal in September but it has now become a permanent move.Dry and cloudy
Kay Crewdson
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
There will still be a good deal of cloud around this afternoon but for many it'll stay dry. A little patchy light rain or drizzle is possible, especially across the Pennines.
Maximum temperature: 7C (45F).
Check the forecast near you.Teesside - a short film
Andy Bell
BBC Tees
When out and about reporting for BBC Tees, you get to see what the North East has to offer, which is friendly people and great sights.
Handy woman drafted in
Russell Ward
BBC Newcastle
A woman who got so tired of council cuts has employed a handy woman to use this truck and keep her village tidy.
Listen to BBC Newcastle for more.News on the hour
The top local headlines at 16:00 include.
Diver 'would have lost sleep'
A volunteer diver says
he wouldn't have been able to sleep at night if he hadn't tried to help find a missing Durham student.Professional diver Trevor Bankhead now lives Scotland but travelled home to Durham a week after Euan Coulthard went missing.
Students in Durham City are being warned to take extra care along the banks of The River Wear after the deaths of three students in the last 15 months.
NE worst for youth smoking
The North East is one of the worst areas in the country for smoking rates among young people, according to a study.
Hartlepool (15.87%), Gateshead (15.92%), Plymouth (15.93%) and South Tyneside (16.27%) have been identified as having high rates of youth smoking, Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) say.
Nationally an estimated 12.71% of 15-year-olds are regular or occasional smokers, but the data shows considerable variation between areas, according to the researchers.
Forshaw for Middlesbrough?
Paul Addison
BBC Tees Sport
Wigan Athletic are refusing to comment on reports that Adam Forshaw is going to sign for Middlesbrough.
Forshaw was signed from Brentford by former boss Uwe Rosler at the start of the season, signing a four-year contract.
Indecent images man in court
The Gazette
A holidaymaker who was
caught with more than 52,000 pictures of child abuse in a trip to New Zealand has walked free from court.News on the hour
The top local headlines at 15:00 include.
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Tell us what you think.NUFC 'ready to go for McLaren'
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Newcastle United will make Derby boss Steve McClaren
their number one managerial target in the summer after confirming that John Carver will remain in charge until the end of the season, reports the Daily Mail.And striker Jermain Defoe has picked his five-a-side dream team for the
Sunderland YouTube channel and includes his former Tottenham team-mates Hugo Lloris, Ledley King and Luka Modric.YouTube video fraud man fined
A man who broke his ankle showing off in a YouTube video and then tried to claim compensation has admitted fraud.
During the floods in Newcastle in June 2012, Stephen Robinson, 30, of Caroline Cottages in Slatyford, claimed he was walking along Pooley Road when he stepped through a metal drain which had collapsed.
He contacted Newcastle City Council to claim compensation, and their insurers were going to pay him £17,000. But the company discovered the video showing Robinson taking a running jump into the flooded road, watched by a crowd of cheering people.
He was sentenced to 200 hours community service and fined £600 after pleading guilty to fraud by false representation at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.
Man admits up-skirt photos
Hartlepool Mail
A pervert
took a photograph up a woman's skirt with his mobile phone on a shopping centre escalator.News on the hour
The top local headlines at 14:00 include.
Photo of arsonist released
Durham Police have released this picture of Edward McArthur, who attacked his girlfriend in Darlington last year after a row, intending to scar her so she could never get another boyfriend.
McArthur, 40, admitted arson with intent to endanger life and grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 15 years and nine months.
Free school future discussed
BBC Look North
The fate of Durham Free School will be discussed in the House of Commons this evening.
The Government announced it was withdrawing funding for the school last week after a highly critical Ofsted report.Yesterday pupils and parents raised a banner over the school protesting at the decision. The debate's been secured by Durham's Labour MP Roberta Blackman Woods.
Watch Look North on BBC One now.Sunderland teenager on The Voice
A 17-year-old from Sunderland is set to appear on
BBC One's The Voice this weekend.Olivia Lawson will sing Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit for the assembled judges Tom Jones, Rita Ora, Ricky Wilson and Will.i.am.
She's currently going into her last year at sixth form and also works part time as an admin assistant at a hospital to pay for her music lessons.
You can watch her singing on her YouTube channel.Arson man jailed for 15 years
Peter Harris
Look North
A man who
poured petrol over his partner and set fire to her has been jailed for 15 years and nine months at Teesside Crown Court.Edward McArthur attacked Rebecca Major in Darlington last year after a row, intending to scar her so she could never get another boyfriend.
McArthur, 40, admitted arson with intent to endanger life and grievous bodily harm. Miss Major suffered 40% burns and was forced to jump for her life from a burning flat, fracturing her skull.
News on the hour
The top local headlines at 13:00 include.
Pub fire 'suspicious'
Hannah McMahon
BBC Tees
A fire at a pub in Hartlepool is being treated as suspicious, police say.
Cleveland Fire Brigade was called to the Woodcutter Pub in Kingsley Avenue in Hartlepool yesterday afternoon.
The pub is derelict and due to be demolished but investigators believe the fire may have been started deliberately.
Neneh Cherry added to line-up
6 Music BBC
Neneh Cherry and Interpol are to
join the line-up at the BBC 6 Music Festival.Neneh
tweets: Yes! Thanks so much @laurenlaverne. Me and @No9Rocket be down at @BBC6Music Festival next month! #6musicfestival'Really brave person'
Today marks the
70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and children in Northumberland have had the rare opportunity to spend time with a survivor.Pupils at Northumberland Church of England Academy in Ashington have spent the day with an Auschwitz survivor talking about the Holocaust.
One year nine pupil said: "I don't think I'd be able to do that if I was out there because I wouldn't be able to cope like she did - she was a really brave person."
BreakingMan admits setting girlfriend alight
A boyfriend has admitted pouring petrol on his partner then setting her alight and trapping her in their burning flat.
Rebecca Major, 32, saved her own life by smashing a window with a table and jumping from an upstairs window.
Edward McArthur, 40, was on trial at Teesside Crown Court where he denied attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life. He has now admitted the arson and an alternative charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The jury cleared him of attempted murder on the direction of the judge.
News on the hour
The top local headlines at 12:00 include:
Sportsman turned teacher dies
The Shields Gazette
A Jarrow-born sportsman - who
chose a career in teaching ahead of playing for Newcastle United - has died at the age of 76.Lauren in Newcastle
BBC Radio 6 Music
tweets: Lauren is live @UniofNewcastle with @maximopark. @paulsmithmusic went to uni here - TRUE ROCK FACT #6MusicFestivalInside the 'powder keg' prison
Robert Cooper
BBC News Online
A report into HMP Northumberland has
found safety at the prison has deteriorated in the past two years. BBC News was allowed to visit the prison, described by some as a "powder keg", to assess how bad things were.A "very tough three years" was how outgoing director Matt Spencer describes his time at HMP Northumberland.
The category C prison has seen some major changes in his time at the helm and has come in for some serious criticism.
I've been speaking to the outgoing director Matt Spencer to find out more.Maximo Park added to line-up
Lloyd Watson
BBC News
It has been announced that North East rockers Maximo Park will play the BBC 6 Music Festival on Tyneside next month.
Other acts announced so far include Young Fathers, The War on Drugs and Hot Chip, who will be headlining.