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Please don't make the nurdle crisis work by dropping even more litter on South Tyneside's beaches.

South Tyneside beaches facing nurdle crisis - don't make it worse

South Tyneside Council have placed 'nurdle drop off points' along the South Shields coast to allow volunteers to help with the clean up effort.

South Tyneside nurdle clean up continues to make ‘good progress’

South Marine Park, in South Shields.

Members of the public invited to tidy two South Shields parks

Tonnes of rubbish removed from seafront after the bank holiday weekend

Sand levelling work at Sandhaven Beach, in South Shields, is underway.

Council provides update on work at South Shields’ Sandhaven Beach

RNB Anglers United Hebburn Club raised more than £1,200 with a 12-hour overnight charity fishing match.

We fished through the night to raise more than £1,200 for the SSVLB

Volunteers hit out after illegal fishing harms swans at Boldon Pond

Druridge Bay

Councils urge coastline revellers to keep the region’s beaches clean

These are the 20 most common acts of kindness

Tino's Cafe. Photo: Google Maps.

Café’s bid to extend hot food takeaway service rejected by councillors

Children taking part in the litter pick

Boldon nursery and school pupils help keep village tidy

Relaxed Cali - At Dogs Trust Darlington

Dogs Trust: Underdog finds forever home in time for Christmas

(L-R): Julie Garvin (NEPO), Jake Pattison (NEPO), Callum Thompson (NEPO), David Fox (Bunzl Greenham), Michell Armstrong (NEPO), Stephanie Westgarth (NEPO), Emanuela Codara (NEPO), Keith Lamb (NEPO), Faustina Tolosa (NEPO), Rachel Bruce (NEPO) Credit: NEPO

Procurement organisation help clean up beach at Whitburn

South Shields-based Army Reserves worked with the local community to clean Sandhaven Beach. Photo: Lucy Baker.

British Army Reserves work with the community to clean Sandhaven Beach

UK zoo celebrates birth of world’s rarest Visayan warty piglets - with pictures

World’s rarest piglets born in UK zoo

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck (seated right) local author Yvonne Carling-Page (seated left) with pupils from St Bede's Primary School, who were litter picking on the beach on Tuesday.

South Shields schoolchildren joined by MP to help clean up seafront
Pupils from a South Shields primary school teamed up with MP Emma Lewell-Buck for a litter-pick at the seafront.
Hayley Lovely

Litter & Laugh Walk founder Angela Todd (right) receives the 2019 Greener South Tyneside Award from Liz Davis, head of communications at the South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

Litter group founder calls for communities to honour their heroes

Debbie Upperton is a keen member of the Jarrow Litter Pickers. The group does wonderful work, but needs sponsorship.

Meet the litter-picking stars on a mission to keep their town clean

The community get behind the first Litter and Laugh walk

Litter-picking army hail success of South Shields rubbish blitz

From left, Bernie Robinson, Chloe Myerscough, Antonia Askew, Amy Epsly and Angela Todd

South Shields estate agents launches new walk to help clean the streets

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