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COP31 is the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Ad Feature Avicenna scholars attend COP31

Political opponents react to 100 days of Reform UK in South Tyneside

The event will be held at the Ocean Road Community Centre, on Ocean Road, in South Shields.

Environmental volunteers launch ‘Climate Café South Tyneside’

Labour MP Kate Osborne (Jessica Taylor/PA)

Jarrow MP signs letter fighting for cheaper air conditioning across UK

Lupin specialises in pharmaceutical products

Ad Feature Lupin named among world's most sustainable companies

Sagar Adani, Lord Adair Turner, Nigel Topping and Ian Blatchford attended the dialogue

Ad Feature Sagar Adani calls for faster electrification amid rising power demand

Members of the public have gathered at the Ocean Road Community Centre for a screening of The People's Emergency Briefing.

Climate crisis film screening prompts a discussion in South Shields

Tom Nelson, co-founder of Nature Impact, and James Hilditch, co-founder and creative director at BearJam.

Ad Feature BearJam first to commit 1% of AI production budget to nature

The local plan is about ensuring new developments that do come forward in South Tyneside benefit communities and meet needs.

Second round of public scrutiny of Local Plan to start next week

A group of global leaders, activists and survivors are driving bold, sustained action at every level.

Ad Feature Global leader launch panel to end gender-based violence

Councillor Ernest Gibson, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Climate Change at South Tyneside Council.

Residents asked for their views on a Trees and Woodland Policy

Root veggies, brassicas, apples and pears will all be in season this month

Root veggies 'back on the menu' - 9 others in season this November

Hurricane Melissa pictured by satellite as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Monday evening

Why 'supercharged' Hurricane Melissa is so powerful - and dangerous

South Shields Town Hall.

South Tyneside Council to review its 2030 Net Zero target

Luke Hedley, from Jarrow, is set to receive the British Citizen Youth Award Medal of Honour for his initiative of 3D printing safety whistles and raising money for charity.

I’m up for a British Citizen Youth Award for creating safety whistles

From chillies to pears, beets to Jerusalem artichokes, there are plenty of exciting fruits and veggies in season now

26 hearty, flavourful fruits and vegetables in season this October
October brings some delicious new additions to the menu 🥘
Amber Allott

The Duke of Gloucester has given the Viking Energy Network, in Jarrow, the royal seal of approval.

Award-winning renewable energy scheme gets a royal seal of approval

The weather over the past summer may trigger an especially vibrant display this autumn

Why autumn leaves may be more spectacular than ever this year

There are dozens of fruits and veggies in season this month

25 fruits and veggies in season now - why eating them helps the planet

Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal lung infection caused by inhaling droplets of water contaminated with Legionella bacteria.

Take these five steps to protect yourself from Legionnaires’ disease

Temperatures reached a high of over 36C in one Liverpool classroom

School classrooms got ‘worryingly hot’ this term

The effects of climate change could cost children days of school time each year, a government risk report says

3 ways climate change may soon impact schools - costing children days

John's 70k took him across three bridges and past several iconic landmarks.

Sunderland minister walks 70km from Newcastle-Middlesbrough in 3 days

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinor

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

Ad Feature Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating

Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods
A new documentary explains why you are likely to see so many Christmas trees in the sand dunes, and how they protect the coastal town from flooding.
Lucinda Herbert

Houses in the middle of a flooded area after Storm Laurence passed through El Palmar de Troya in southern Spain, before Martinho swept in.

Large areas of holiday hotspot on alert as rainstorms cause flooding

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6 of the best eco-friendly banks for sustainable spending in the UK

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

The discount chain will install 272 solar panels onto the roof

Changes to make Hebburn Aldi more eco-friendly in climate change fight

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

(Photos: Getty Images/Pexels)

The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

Tributes paid to a former Mayor of South Tyneside who died, aged 86

Planning inspector to rule on plans for ‘battery storage system’

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

The Academy of Light

More than 1,300 people sign a petition against SAFC’s solar farm plans

Councillors in South Tyneside have agreed to write to government chiefs to call for an independent review of water companies and a dedicated coastal minister to be put in place.

'Great concern' - Call for action over South Tyneside sea pollution

South Shields Town Hall.

South Tyneside councillor under fire following climate change comments

Pupils from Ffynnon Taf Primary School celebrate their new heating system (Photo: Kensa/Supplied)

Ground-breaking new 'green' heating system warming up UK school

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

A Spain holiday warning has been issued as a “major cockroach infestation” is expected to hit the popular destination this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Cockroach infestation’ to hit holiday hotspot

Gran Canaria.

Watch: Booking a holiday? Tourism tax and airport delays explained

South Tyneside Council Local Election Candidates 2024 for the Bede ward, from left to right: John Chilton, Terry Foggon and Margaret Peacock.

The candidates standing in the Bede ward in the 2024 local elections

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

Leader of South Tyneside Council, Councillor Tracey Dixon (left) with Director of Technology and Transformation at Port of Tyne, Dr Jo North.

Port of Tyne awarded £1m 5G contract to enable 'smart port' operations

Going Green: Planning for extreme weather is essential

Hannah Ritchie

Going Green: Movies help us learn about climate change

The new Whitburn Coastal Conservation Centre

Inside Souter Lighthouse's new Coastal Conservation Centre

Woodland Trust

Schools and communities are urged to plan trees

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

South Shields Town Hall.

South Tyneside Council reveals its latest draft ‘local plan’

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Breaking Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Mothers Rebellion protested in South Shields this weekend.

Climate group stage weekend protest outside South Shields Town Hall

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