We have been inundated with messages from you, the Gazette readers, about the heroes in your homes who are working hard to keep the North East running during the coronavirus pandemic and UK lockdown measures. Here are 20 pictures of South Tyneside key workers who are making you proud as the crisis continues. To see our first collection of key worker photos, click here.
1. 'My mam and dad'
Tamara Caprice Ashleigh Collins: My mam, an amazing care coordinator going above and beyond always for Sunderland care and support! An amazing role model and beautiful person inside and out! And my amazing dad keeping the world in oil and gas, not just at this hard time but all the time working away from home weeks at a time doing us all so very proud! | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
2. Lesley Grigg
Clair Moor: Lesley Grigg is the general manager at Harton Grange care home in South Shields. She has gone above and beyond to make her staff safe by making home-made face masks. This is to protect everyone from this virus. Lesley is an amazing person and deserves some recognition. | User (UGC) Photo: NEP upload
3. James Brunton
Jay Brunton: My brother-in-lawJames Brunton he’s a bus driver for Go North East. Keeping the service running and getting essential workers to where they need to be and not always appreciated. Super proud, as are his family and wife Lyndsey. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC
4. South Tyneside's bin men
Kevin Gallagher: Lovely photo of rainbow and thank you on bin to thank refuse & recycling crews. Done by children and residents of South Tyneside , who appreciate the hard work and commitment of crews to keep the service running & streets clean during our crisis. | User (UGC) Photo: UGC