Environment

Environmentalists are urging litter louts and fly tippers to alter course after a clean-up of a Jarrow river netted everything but the kitchen sink.

Council bosses in South Tyneside have confirmed they have no plans to fine dog walkers who fail to carry “poo bags”.

Controversial plans to use a town centre property to support homeless people, prompting fears of crime and drug abuse, have been withdrawn.

Sibling pairs at Tyne and Wear fire service are celebrating their national day.

The first application from South Tyneside Council’s own house building company has been officially submitted.

Concerns have been raised by a countryside charity over plans to build more than a dozen new houses on a former glass works site in East Boldon

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck has taken a break from Brexit to tackle trash.

Our neighbouring councils in North Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead have been charged by the government with finding a solution to their air quality problems by 2021.

Green space campaigners admit they need a miracle after losing their bid for a blanket ban on possible future development on playing fields in their village.

Coastal groups are aiming to unite and tackle littler on a South Tyneside beach.

The visit of a national political party leader put the controversial felling of trees in a South Tyneside Park in the spotlight.