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Image caption, Emma Colledge was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer when she was 23A cancer survivor says systems in place to diagnose and treat the disease can fail to meet the needs of young patients. Emma Colledge from Durham was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer in 2022 when she was 23. She said she felt "fobbed off" by medical professionals who initially thought her symptoms were due to food intolerances or pregnancy and it took seven months to get diagnosed.

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'Trailblazing' journalist Adie's archive curatedMegan PatersonPamela TickellBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCKate Adie donated items relating to her life growing up in Sunderland and her journalistic workAn archive featuring notebooks and pictures belonging to journalist and author Katie Adie has been curated in her hometown.

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'Dementia train' journeys return after five yearsMegan PatersonReporting fromBBC North East and CumbriaBBCGordon Weldon said his wife Sue benefits greatly from spending time doing different activitiesFive years ago, the last "Forget-Me-Not" train ran along the Esk Valley Line between Whitby and Middlesbrough. Its passengers included people living with dementia and their family members and carers.

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Northern NHS trusts have fewest overseas workersMegan PatersonReporting fromBBC North East and CumbriaPA MediaOne in 10 NHS workers in the region have a different nationality than BritishHealth services across the North East and Cumbria have the lowest number of NHS staff recruited from overseas in England, according to NHS figures. Katha Deguzman, a Filipino ward sister at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, said working in the UK had been "incredibly fulfilling".