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A man is wearing a knitted Viking hat and is bare chested. He has tattoos on both arms and is smiling broadly. He is standing next to a woman who is wearing a black bathing suit and Santa hat with her thumbs up. There are dippers in the waves behind them.

Swimmers brave cold North Sea for Boxing Day dips

Many dippers are raising money for charities, with lifeguards on hand to keep them safe.

A white postbox sits on a pole in a cemetery. Next to it, a sign reads: "Letters to heaven".

'Letters to heaven' postbox unveiled for Christmas

People visiting Stanley Cemetery, County Durham, can write to loved ones, organisers say.

Sam Welleans during the Great North Run. He is wearing a running vest and has a hand raised in the air

Hometown finishes race of runner who died

Hundreds of people walk and run the distance Sam Welleans still had to complete when he collapsed.

Sam Wealleans, who has blond hair and is wearing a dark blue running vest. He is smiling and waving to the crowd.

Family 'devastated' by Great North Run death

Sam Wealleans' parents say they are "overwhelmed by thousands of kind messages" of support.

A runner wearing a vest with the words Sam on the front, smiling and with one hand in the air

Communities to 'finish race' for runner who died

People are to walk or run the distance Sam Wealleans still had to complete when he collapsed.

A Northumbria Police water scooter on patrol on the River Tyne

Police plea over 'reckless' water scooter riders

The force has warned "reckless" behaviour on the water could put other people in danger.

A church in the distance with an expanse of grass in the foreground and a sea wall to the right.

Church and graves threatened by coastal erosion

The seawall protecting St Bartholomew Church in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is beginning to fail.

A ripped cardboard box containing grenades and mines sits on dry, muddy ground edges by unkempt green plants

Street cleared as stash of grenades found

Residents spend five hours at a safe distance while the bomb squad removes the explosive discovery.

RNLI crews out at sea trying to locate the two anglers

Anglers plucked from sea after kayak sinks

The RNLI says the anglers were cast into the sea in the "rapid onset of darkness".