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The incident happened near the Tyne Tunnel.

Appeal after biker suffers broken collar bone in crash near Tyne Tunnel

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Ongoing roadworks across the South Shields area include the following:

Roadworks latest: Where to expect delays on Tuesday, April 24, in the South Shields area

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The scene on the A19 earlier this morning.

Broken down HGV causes delays on A19

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Crime More Crime >>

Jail for South Shields pervert snared by paedophile hunters

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Court cases dealt with by South Tyneside magistrates include the following:

Drugs, assaults and threatening behaviour - a round up of the latest South Shields court cases

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Police are appealing for information to help find Mandy Gibson, 32, from Murton.

Police search for missing County Durham woman with links to South Shields

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Eight South Tyneside sex offenders who have been sentenced in 2018

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Education More Education >>

Parents hit out over proposed changes to specialist education unit in South Tyneside

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Plans for new South Tyneside primary school given go ahead

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Epinay Business and Enterprise School hadteacher Chris Rue an pupils celebrate their outstanding Ofsted.

Jarrow school makes it a hat-trick of ‘outstanding’ Ofsted reports

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Easter fun at Toner Avenue Primary School.

Creative South Tyneside students have their work on display

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Business More Business >>

Appeal after biker suffers broken collar bone in crash near Tyne Tunnel

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Universal Credlit is coming

South Tyneside Council prepares for Universal Credit roll out in borough

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Do you recognise these famous people from South Shields?

19 famous people who you might not know are from South Shields

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Barbour factory.

Barbour wins go-ahead to more than double the size of new centre’s car park

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Politics More Politics >>

Meet the Hebburn South ward candidates for this year's South Tyneside local council elections

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Harton ward candidates, from left, Rhiannon Curtis (Green Party), Neil Maxwell (Labour Party) and Holly May Wright (Conservative Party).

Meet the Harton ward candidates for this year's South Tyneside local council elections

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Cleadon Park ward candidates, from left, Angela Curtis (Green Party), Jim Foreman (Labour Party) and Sam Prior (Conservative Party).

Meet the Cleadon Park ward candidates for South Tyneside's local council elections

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Beacon and Bents ward candidates, from left, David Francis (Green Party), Angela Hamilton (Labour Party) and Ali Hayder (Conservative Party).

Meet the Beacon and Bents ward candidates for South Tyneside's local council elections

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Environment More Environment >>

Tenants want to know more about plans to demolish 126 homes in South Shields

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The sheep were born earlier this month.

Meet Teeny, Tot and Tiny - the rare sheep triplets born in Durham

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A dolphin off the South Shields coast. Picture from Billy Bone.

Dolphins filmed off the coast at South Shields

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Tyne and Wear firefighters at the scene of an accident.

Motorists warned to take care following spate of accidents

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Flytipping in West Holborn South Shields

Plea for public to help tackle flytipping after waste found dumped in South Shields

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Health More Health >>

Some 'healthy' yoghurts contain almost all of a child's recommended daily sugar intake

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Carol Harries, left, Chris Cordner, centre, and Gavin Foster, right, at the judging of the Best of Health Awards.

Shortlist revealed for Best of Health Awards

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Margaret Whittington, of the League of Friends, sitting in one of the new chairs, with phlebotomy manager Kin Dailly, centre. and League members and supporters

South Tyneside Hospital ‘Friends’ take the sting out of blood tests

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Cancer charity boosted by efforts of battling South Shields grandfather

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Davina Smith, before and after she lost 3st 9lb to reach her target weight.

Check out how amazing this slimline mum looks after shedding 3st

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