A top health official in Newcastle has revealed the city now has the highest level of child poverty in the North East.
At Thursday's meeting of Newcastle City Council's health and social care scrutiny committee, a report described high levels of fuel poverty and high prevalence of conditions such as obesity and diabetes in the city.
Speaking at the meeting, interim director of public health Lorna Smith said: "We have just overtaken Middlesbrough as the worst area for child poverty. Behind every statistic there's a person.
