Featherbed Books opens in Houghton

Sunderland's Holiday Inn officially opens

Tim Hortons opens in Boldon

New women's health hub opens on International Women's Day

Southmoor pupil Alice Ward opens her GCSE results - ten straight grade-nine passes

Vera star Brenda Blethyn opens sensory garden at disabled horse-riding charity

Sunderland's Little Miss Teen Great Britain opens cancer charity Amber's Legacy's new home

New barber opens in Sunderland

Geek Retreat opens in Sunderland

Headteacher in tears as new school opens

Celebrity gardener Frances Tophill opens school's new £60,000 Forest School

Luxmuralis opens at Durham Cathedral

Sin at the bishop's palace - new exhibition opens at Auckland Castle

Sarnies & Sundaes opens in the former Roker Pie Shop

Small batch bakery Bread& opens at North East BIC in Hylton Riverside

Cafe and garden centre at Hetton's Elemore Country Park officially opens to the public.

Testo's flyover on the A19 officially opens

SAFC legend Jimmy Montgomery opens MKM Building Supplies' Sunderland branch

The Special Lioness opens new centre in Washington.

New balloon and party shop opens in Sunderland

A new branch of The Range opens at Durham's Dragon Lane retail park

Football legend Julio Arca officially opens The Gym Group Sunderland club

Watch as hundreds of people enjoy some retail therapy as Washington's new M&S store opens for customers

Third phase of Sunderland's Strategic Transport Corridor opens

Mayor of Seaham Councillor Linda Willis officially opens Caruso's tearoom

Roller rink opens for summer in Sunderland's Keel Square

Washington's past in fascinating film footage

Inside Ryhope's Grand Cinema as it's recreated at Beamish Museum

Sunderland pupils get back to nature with community garden project to help their mental wellbeing

Sunderland children are 'super excited' after AESC volunteers bring their school grounds back to life

Clearance sale signs at Sunderland's Aphrodite menswear store amid reports it is to close.

Inside quirky Northumberland Glebe Retreat named one of top 25 cabins in the UK