Environment

Taxis in South Tyneside are going green with new eco-friendly licence plates.

Household bins could return to weekly collections under new proposals from the Environment Secretary.

Here is the weather forecast for South Shields today.

Planners have put the brakes on a bid to turn an eyesore former car sales showroom – disused for a decade – into a hair and beauty business.

Here is what the weather is expected to be like in South Shields today.

Plans for an 11-bed house of multiple occupation in the centre of South Shields could help freshen up the area, says Gazette readers.

High winds uprooted a large tree in a South Shields road today.

Council chiefs have been backed after Green activists called for a halt to work on a multi-million pound park project over the number of trees which could be felled.

Plans to build more than 60 homes on a former social housing site have been lodged with South Tyneside Council.

The RNLI is warning people visiting the coast to beware after Met Office issues weather warning.

It's against the law to let a dog be dangerously out of control anywhere.