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• Police want to speak to this man after suspected hit-and-run which left pedestrian fighting for life
• Another rare bird of prey from North East goes missing in suspicious circumstances
• Revealed: More than 235,000 Universal Credit claimants have had payments cut
• Met Office forecast dramatic drop in temperatures over the next 24 hours as heatwave comes to an end
• Plane nearly collided with paramotor while on approach to Belfast City Airport report finds