Environment

It’s a blessing to live in a part of the world which has miles upon miles of beautiful coastline.

Parents are being urged to ditch the car for the school run and walk or cycle with their children along quiet routes to protect them from air pollution.

Archaeologists have raised the alarm over loss and damage caused by nighthawks in the illegal search for treasure along Hadrian's Wall.

Fly-tippers, dog foulers and litter louts in South Tyneside should be embarrassed into changing their ways, a councillor has said.

A Jarrow pensioner has slammed council chiefs for failing to get to the root of a problem over a space where a tree once stood.

McDonald's is replacing plastic straws with paper ones across all its UK and Ireland restaurants after a successful trial.

An action group has slammed South Tyneside Council after figures reveal 173 trees have been felled to make way for new paths.

More than 300 objections have been submitted the council opposing a plan to turn the site of a South Shields seafront pub in to flats.

Businesses have put the brakes on threats to quit a South Tyneside trading estate blighted by traffic tailbacks from a recycling centre.

Residents living near the site earmarked for a major housing development are urging the council chiefs and developers to reconsider the decision to give it the green light after footage has emerged showing the wildlife living in the area.

Youngsters from a South Tyneside Primary School have been getting close to nature to help create a community space following work to reduce the risk of flooding.

Holidaymakers cause a 40% spike in marine litter entering the Mediterranean Sea each summer, and the vast majority of it is plastic, a report warns.

People have just three days to have their say on a major seafront development in South Shields.

Campaigners against plastic pollution are hoping millions of people around the world join what they say is the world's first plastic-free day.