Remembering how the effects of the pandemic have plaed out in South Tyneside.Remembering how the effects of the pandemic have plaed out in South Tyneside.
Remembering how the effects of the pandemic have plaed out in South Tyneside.

Nine of our front pages show how Covid changed South Tyneside over the past year

It’s been a year since the first Covid lockdown began in the UK.
By Graham Murray
Published 23rd Mar 2021, 15:03 BST

And South Tyneside, like the rest of the country, has been in restrictions of one kind or another ever since.

Here are nine front-page stories summarising the unprecedented times we’ve lived through.

From November 2. South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck criticised the Government for its delay in bringing in the second lockdown.

5. 'Delay has cost lives'

From November 2. South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck criticised the Government for its delay in bringing in the second lockdown. Photo: JPIMedia

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From November 3 - residents were asked to stick to the rules.

6. 'Play safe to crush Covid'

From November 3 - residents were asked to stick to the rules. Photo: JPIMedia

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From November 5. Pub bosses said they wouldn't benefit from offering alcohol take-outs.

7. 'Booze U-turn no good to us'

From November 5. Pub bosses said they wouldn't benefit from offering alcohol take-outs. Photo: JPIMedia

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From November 11. It was claimed that mass testing would be the way out of the crisis.

8. Mass testing 'the way out'

From November 11. It was claimed that mass testing would be the way out of the crisis. Photo: JPIMedia

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