September
The magnificent Blinking Eye Bridge across the Tyne opens; a record number of competitors take part in the Great North Run and hundreds of people gather on the edge of Coniston Water in the Lake District to pay their final respects to speed ace Donald Campbell.
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September 11: The world will never be the same again.
The world wakes up to the horror of the September 11 bombing of the World Trade Centre. Heartbroken families wait for news of loved ones as world leaders gather to make sense of what has gone and decide what is to come.
Prime Minister Tony Blair recalls Parliament amid fears that 'significant' numbers of British people are among the dead in New York. The Queen cuts short her holiday in Balmoral to attend a special memorial service in St Paul's Cathedral.
Europe comes to a standstill as some 800 million people observe a three-minute silence to show solidarity with America.
History is made in seconds. Making sense of it takes decades. The thoughts and prayers of the world are with America.
Police patrol foot-and-mouth zones Police and consumer protection officers patrol the edge of the foot-and-mouth restriction zone in County Durham to make sure farmers are not moving animals, feed, milk, silage or slurry.
Drivers pull down a fence intended to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Allendale, Northumberland. A concrete barrier is put up instead on the C294 at Dryburn Moor.
All cattle and pig movements in and out of Northumberland are stopped except for animals going directly to slaughter.
Protesters return to a mass animal burial pit in Tow Law, County Durham. A disinfection point is set up on the main trans-Pennine A66 route to stop more foot-and-mouth disease spreading from Cumbria into County Durham.
Foot-and-mouth has been confirmed at more than 2,000 farms since the outbreak was first discovered in Britain in February
Four corroded bombs are washed up on North-East beaches. Underwater explosives experts investigate amid fears that a wrecked ammunitions ship may be breaking up off the coast.
Middlesbrough bids again for city status.
Hepatitis outbreak on Teesside Teesside health officials appeal for calm after the 21st case of Hepatitis A in a year is confirmed in the Marton Road area of Middlesbrough.
Hundreds of people gather on the edge of Coniston Water in the Lake District to pay their final respects to speed ace Donald Campbell.
Record field for Great North Run A record 40,000 competitors take part in Sunday's 21st Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields - the world's biggest half marathon.
Flood warning to thousands of homes Thousands of North-East households are warned that they are in danger of being flooded in the coming months.
Around 30,000 people flock to the Tyne to be among the first to cross the river using the spectacular Blinking Eye Bridge.
A replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour is to be built at Whitby near the spot where the original was constructed 250 years ago.
A jobs crisis on Teesside looms following the announcement of a third major chemical plant closure in less than a year.
The Tyne Tees coastguard station at Tynemouth closes despite a 60,000-signature petition to save it.
Estate evacuated as bomb team moves in Army bomb disposal experts move in on Firthmoor estate, Darlington, after an arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials is found in a semi-detached house.
A new survey puts Hartlepool in the top ten of places to live in England.
Plans to restore the famous Marsden Grotto pub in South Tyneside to its former glory have suffer a three-month setback.
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