Proposals

Charity has concerns over school meal price increase proposals

An artificial pitch will allow football to be played year-round.

School's new pitch could bring year-round football

Whitburn residents are set to be consulted over proposals to establish a parish council for the village.

Whitburn residents urged for their views on parish council proposals

Kate Osborne (left) and Emma Lewell.

MPs support proposals to upgrade a major North East road

Save Our Stanley's is calling on South Tyneside Council to reconsider proposed cuts to the childcare provision.

Minister asks for ‘careful consideration’ over proposed Stanley’s cuts

The Save Our Stanley's campaign has launched a South Tyneside-wide bear hunt.

Save Our Stanley’s campaign launches a South Tyneside-wide bear hunt

Jarrow MP backs PM’s plans to crackdown on vape and betting shops

Whitburn residents are set to be consulted over proposals to establish a parish council for the village.

Whitburn residents set to have their say on parish council proposals

Save Our Stanley's campaigners outside of South Shields Town Hall ahead of the full council meeting on Thursday, July 30.

Over 12,000 people call for the council to reconsider Stanley’s cuts

South Tyneside residents are being asked to give their views on the future of North East bus services.

Residents urged to give their views on the future of North East buses

Joanna Taylor, a Hebburn mum-of-one, launched the initial petition calling for Stanley's to be saved and has since spearheaded the campaign.

Campaigners welcome council's extension of the Stanley's consultation

Save Our Stanley's is calling on South Tyneside Council to reconsider proposed cuts to the childcare provision.

South Tyneside Council extends Stanley’s nursery closure consultation

Stanley’s staff get redundancy details as Council says ‘no decisions'

Emma Lewell, South Shields MP.

South Shields MP looks ahead to Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister

The South Shields Transport Interchange.

Public consultation launched on bus franchising in the North East

South Shields Town Hall.

‘Sound’ - South Tyneside’s Local Plan process hits a major milestone
The borough’s Local Plan has taken a major step forward.
Ryan Smith

Trade unions have called on South Tyneside Council to reconsider proposing cuts to Stanley's.

Trade unions call for South Tyneside Council to maintain Stanley’s

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust midwives vote to strike

Stanley's at the Whitburn and Marsden Family Hub.

Labour claims it ‘did not propose’ closing any Stanley’s nursery

South Shields Town Hall.

Concerns as council is stripped of major planning authority

New plans submitted for six-bedroom HMO at Surrey Street in Jarrow | Google

'Significant public objection' sees Jarrow HMO plans rejected

Simonside residents are calling on a housing group to rethink their plans for a new women's refuge in South Tyneside.

We’re calling on a housing group to rethink its women’s refuge plans

Richard Marsden, managing director of BDN, with Cllr Tracey Dixon, Leader of South Tyneside Council, at the old Cookson's Glassworks chimney.

Proposals revealed for a £7million cultural and leisure site

South Shields Town Hall.

Council reviews first-class travel, civic car use and Allowances

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The former Simonside Arms pub, just off Newcastle Road, in South Shields.

Housing developer resubmits plans for a former South Tyneside pub site

South Tyneside Council welcomes extra funds but says challenges remain
South Tyneside Council has welcomed additional funding confirmed in the Final Local Government Finance Settlement, following sustained lobbying to highlight the Borough’s financial pressures and the need for fairer distribution of resources.
Jack Marshall

Members of the South Shields Creative Writing Group are calling on South Tyneside Council to reconsider proposals to close The Word on Sundays.

Proposed budget changes casts doubt of the future of our writing group

Environment campaigners Cllr Karen Myers, Colin Porter and Cllr Rachael Taylor at the South Tyneside College site.

We will continue to scrutinise new housing plans for College’s campus

MP Kate Osborne giving a pet dog what they love, a good hug.

Kate Osborne MP: Animals deserve care, safety and respect for the companionship ...

Coquet Street residents Carlton Shepherd, right, and neighbours Pauline and Ken Smith, are opposing a HMO on their street.

More than 600 residents back calls to reject proposals for a HMO

'Eyesore': Ex Tyne and Wear Metro HQ set for major renovations

Harton Cemetery.

Readers react to proposals to expand cemetery provisions

The Government is running a consultation on licensing reform, which includes a proposal to remove the statutory requirement for alcohol licensing notices to be advertised in print local papers

Last chance to have your say over plans to axe pub licensing notices

South Shields town centre could see the addition of free parking as part of South Tyneside Council's fees and charges review.

South Shields could see free parking but other fees may rise

South Shields Cricket Club is aiming to relocate to the former playing fields behind Epinay School after more than 150 years in Westoe.

South Shields Cricket Club set to move after 157 years

Removing alcohol licensing notices from local newspapers would shut local people out of decisions that affect their daily lives

We're fighting plans to axe licensing notices - and we want your views

The proposal in the consultation - launched on 9 October by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (pictured) and Business Secretary Peter Kyle - would mean that plans to open a new pub or nightclub, or for an existing venue to change its opening hours, would no longer be publicised within local communities.

Why your right to know is being undermined by the Government

Owen Meredith is chief executive of the News Media Association

'Pubs and papers go hand in hand'

Plans to demolished the Victorian-era clubhouse at Boldon Golf Club have officially been scrapped.

Plans to demolish a Victorian-era golf clubhouse officially scrapped

Council faces ‘tough choices’ ahead of 2026/27 budget plans

Newcastle United reserve goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos pictured during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Newcastle United FC at Old Trafford on December 30, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

NUFC exit imminent & medical booked after PSR-busting deal

Leeds United have seen multiple bids for Sean Longstaff rejected.

Longstaff's perfect response to £12m Leeds bid as NUFC exit agreed

Members of the Save the Fellgate Greenbelt group show their feelings over the housing development plan.

Fences ‘block’ protesters from using land they are fighting for

Man proposing to his girlfriend

Touching wedding proposals: Man pops question at Steps concert

A South Tyneside councillor is calling on Stagecoach to rethink proposed changes its bus services.

Councillor urges Stagecoach to rethink bus service changes

Tracy Wilson-Gray is asking how South Tyneside Council will teach her daughter to travel independently following changes to post-16 SEND home to school transport.

I want to know how the Council will teach my child to travel alone

Newcastle Airport

Newcastle International Airport extension plans unveiled

A CGI of how the new arrival/communal space could look at the Customs House.

This is how The Customs House could look following refurbishment plans

Lynsey Simmons and her daughter, Bethany.

South Tyneside mum hits out at post-16 SEND transport price hike plans

Newcastle United chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

Al-Rumayyan tells NUFC what they must do in the transfer market

Alexander Isak is a transfer target for Arsenal and Liverpool.

'Sure' - Fabrizio Romano drops fresh Alexander Isak claim

Tyne Tunnel, South Tyneside entrance

Tyne Tunnel toll fees look set to increase again from May

Miguel Almiron will be allowed to leave Newcastle United this month.

NUFC have already approved first transfer of 2025 after collapsed move

Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields MP, has backed calls from the Kennel Club to ban electric shock collars. Photo: NationalWorld.

South Shields MP welcomes Government plans ‘to get Britain working’

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