29 May 2014: Stadium Of Light, Sunderland There may be yet more trouble ahead but it will clearly take more than a whiff of controversy to blunt 1D's appeal
12 May 2014: Letters: Like many others, I found your portrait of the north-east so far removed from reality as to be unrecognisable. The reference to Detroit was particularly offensive
Once a New Labour heartland, Tory cuts have left the north-east teetering on the brink. Can it avoid becoming Britain's Detroit? As the era of shiny new galleries and economic swagger recedes, Andy Beckett finds out
Depopulation in Burnley and Sunderland, poor life satisfaction in Barnsley and Blackburn. A new report from the Centre for Cities comparing London with the rest of the UK makes grim reading for many northern English cities.