Cresswell

A generic picture of a row of brick houses being built. Scaffolding has been put up around the new builds and there are two builders working on the roof of the properties on the right, closest to the camera.

Plans approved for new housing development

The new homes in Cresswell will include 24 flats and 135 houses.

A duck and four yellowish ducklings are waddling together along a path. More birds are sitting in grass ahead of them. It is a bright day.

Your pictures: Dry and sunny springtime

You have been sharing your sunny photos of the North East and Cumbria this springtime.

The restored garden with a pond in the foreground then a pagoda footpaths and lots of flowers

Walled garden restoration 'a labour of love'

The garden is planted with many of the trees, fruits and flowers grown there in its heyday.