Easter

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Gales stole from a World Duty Free store at Newcastle Airport.

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Food donations

Foodbank appeals for donations due to high demand over Easter holidays

Easter egg hunt at the farm

LIFE IS LOVELY: Having an egg-citing Easter break with the kids

Little Red Riding Hood Credit: Wycombe 89

The Customs House Easter show was the most fun I’ve ever had at panto

School pupils in a classroom. Image: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

When is the next school holiday? All remaining South Tyneside dates

We have the list of companies offering free or £1 meals to children across South Tyneside over the Easter school holiday 2024.

Companies offering free or £1 meals for children over Easter

Tese are the opening times of supermarkets in South Tyneside over the bank holiday weekend.

Bank holiday Monday supermarket opening times for Tesco, Asda and more

The new big wheel at Ocean Beach Pleasure Park.

Ocean Beach Pleasure Park reveals new rides and attractions

Are you ever too old for Easter Eggs?

Chocoholics all agree you're never too old to get an Easter egg

The Black Candle, on Dean Road, in South Shields. Photo: National World.

A new coffee house and bar is giving a nod to South Tyneside's past

An attempt at baking a cake.

Poll suggests 4-in-10 treats will be binned over the Easter weekend

Aidan McGivern provides the Met Office’s UK Weather forecast for the next 10 days March 27 2024.

Watch the Met Office’s Easter forecast

Easter Weekend proves the perfect time for budding home bakers

Nursery and staff members at the singalong

Nursery pupils bring joy to Asda Boldon shoppers with Easter singalong

Asda shoppers enjoyed seeing the youngsters perform their Easter songs.

Hayley Lovely

These are all the road closures making way for the South Shields Goof Friday parade. Picture by Tim Goode - Pool/Getty Images

Full list of South Shields closed roads for Good Friday Easter parade

Celebrate a traditional Easter at Beamish.

Celebrate Easter as they did in the past at Beamish Museum

Tyne and Wear Metro services between Pelaw and Sunderland were suspended this morning due to the theft of cabling.

Metro and bus timetables: Easter Bank holiday schedules for North East

Almost 40% off Ultenic D6S robot vacuum and mop this Easter.

Almost 40% off Ultenic D6S robot vacuum and mop this Easter

Alex Burkill gives the weather forecast for Easter weekend. Good Friday is likely to see blustery showers. There will also be showers on March 30 particularly in the southern and western areas, however there is an increasing chance of sunny spells further north and east.

Here's what the weather will be like for your Easter weekend

Awful Auntie

David Walliams’ Awful Auntie to head to Sunderland Empire

Wrap for Jak Easter egg donation

Wrap for Jak makes Easter egg donation to women's charity

Have an egg-stra tasty Easter at Beefeater and Brewers Fayre.

Have an egg-stra tasty Easter at Beefeater and Brewers Fayre

Director of Little Red Riding Hood, Steven Lee Hamilton

Ad Feature A Customs House favourite is set to direct his first panto

Dennis’s Chocolatey Adventure will open at The Customs House for half-term.

South Shields pantomime favourite Dennis to star in choc-tastic show

Cadbury's brand-new Creme Egg Bar.

Cadbury launches egg-citing new Easter treats

Cadbury are launching brand-new additions to their popular Easter range.

Holly Allton

Peter Pan is showing at the Tyne Theatre until January.

I did my first ever panto - it was full of Geordie wit & Mackem jokes

Wetherspoons have added three new cocktails to its menu

Wetherspoons makes huge change to menu exciting pub-goers

Bronte sporting a pink bonnet

Pets2impress Easter doggy parade in pictures

Brits can expect temperatures of up to 18C on Easter Sunday.

UK weathers to be warmer than parts of Greece on Easter Sunday

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How to have a dog-friendly Easter egg hunt according to Guide Dogs

Here’s 10 ways to use up your leftover Easter eggs according to an expert

10 unique ways to use up your Easter chocolate

Pilgrims celebrate Easter by carrying wooden crosses as they walk over the tidal causeway to Lindisfarne during the final leg of their annual Good Friday pilgrimage.

Good Friday - the meaning behind the Easter Bank Holiday explained

M&S Easter dine-in meal deal for 2023 - full menu listed

M&S releases Easter dine-in meal deal - full menu

Customers can get free Krispy Kreme doughnuts this Easter

Krispy Kreme to offer free doughnuts this Easter - how to claim

Supermarket opening times will vary over Easter

Easter Monday supermarket opening times including Tesco and Asda

Get an Easter-themed manicure at these South Shields nail salons

Tesco Extra (Photo by Dave Rushen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Easter Saturday supermarket opening times including Tesco and Aldi

Lidl has released when it best to go shopping for them Easter essentials to avoid the crowds

Lidl reveals best times to go shopping for Easter to avoid queues

PDSA Veterinary Surgeon Team Leader Clare Sparks with Charlie and a kilo of Mini Eggs at PDSA in Bournemouth

Vet issues chocolate poisoning warning to dog owners ahead of Easter

Easter is upon us and that means the end of Lent is too - here’s everything you need to know about the holy period

When does Lent end this year?

Here’s how to order your Easter food shop from Aldi without having to go into a busy store

Aldi releases Click & Collect slots for Easter bank holiday

If you’ve got some time on your hands over Easter try out this tricky brainteaser

Solve this Easter brainteaser which has left Brits bewildered

It’s going to be a fun Easter at Revolution bars

How to get a free shot at Revolution this Easter

Brits could see a mini-heatwave this Easter holiday as temperatures are predicted to soar

Mini heatwave for Easter as meteorologist predicts 20C temperatures

Aldi is searching for chocolate-tasters to review their new Easter egg ranges

Aldi launches search for chocolate tasters this Easter - how to apply

Hot cross buns are usually consumed on Good Friday to mark the end of lent.

As Greggs axes hot cross buns - here’s where to find the Easter treat

Costa coffee has released its new spring menu for Easter

Costa Coffee releases spring menu with 9 new items for Easter

The best pans for cooking fluffy pancakes or delicious crepes

The best pans for cooking fluffy pancakes or delicious crepes

The humble creme egg

Police ‘save Easter’ as 200,000 stolen Crème Eggs found

Cadbury has hidden 280 rare Creme Eggs across the country

Cadbury launches nationwide Creme Egg hunt with chance to win £10,000

Tom and Michaela Atkinson along with Heidi, five, and Joe ,16, wait for Good Friday fish and chips at Colmans.

Fish and chips and a go on the waltzers - a cracking South Shields Good Friday

Creme egg cookie dough launches to mark Easter

These are the best and worst supermarket Easter Eggs for 2022

These are the best and worst supermarket Easter Eggs for 2022