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Town crier Jim Chambers was kept busy during the South Tyneside Jubilee celebrations in 2012.

Oyez! South Tyneside town crier scenes from the borough's past

Retired couple Bill and Dorothy Marley wave their flags during the Queen's visit in 2012.

The epic day when hundreds of you met Her Majesty the Queen in Jarrow

Christina Bainbridge, from South Shields, has celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, January 27.

‘Very loving’ great-grandmother celebrates her 100th birthday

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Freddie Mercury's sister, Kashmira Bulsara, holding the new Royal Mint commemorative coin. The design features Mercury mid-performance, his signature, and details like his Live Aid outfit (Photo: Royal Mint)

Freddie Mercury fans rush for Royal Mint coin tipped to soar in value

The Gate in Newcastle which stands round about where the Mayfair Centre used to be.
And that was the place where Queen first appeared live in the North East in August 1973.

50 years since Bohemian Rhapsody: Here's when Queen rocked the NE

A room at The Terrace, in Ventnor, the Isle of Wight. Credit: The Terrace

'I visited the sunniest place in the UK - here's where to stay'

(Photo: DANIEL SORABJI/AFP via Getty Images)

Last £1 coins with late Queen enter circulation, and may be worth more

Readers have been telling us what acts they saw at their first concerts.

‘Jethro Tull was unbelievable’ - Readers reveal their first concerts

Festival organiser Ed Faulkner enjoying the KopyKat Killers at Tribfest 2024. Pic Dave Lofthouse

Tribfest - the world's biggest tribute festival is back for 2025

LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS - NOV 27, 1980: Queen during a concert in the Groenoordhallen in Leiden in the Netherlands

Queen beats Rihanna and Oasis to nation’s top song for drive to work

The King visits Durham Cathedral for Maundy Thursday

84 images of King Charles III at Durham Cathedral for Maundy Thursday

King Charles and Queen Camilla with Wearside school children Euan Black and Indrakshi Chatterjee from Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation and Sam Parkinson and Eve Brown from Durham Johnston School.

Watch as thousands of people welcome the King and Queen to Wearside

Silent disco at Butlin's

Revealed: The song lyrics people are most likely to get wrong

The Notorious B.I.G's works have been sold to Primary Wave Music, after previous negotiations with the rapper's late mother, Voletta Wallace.

The Notorious B.I.G’s musical legacy sold after deal finally reached
The move comes as more artists are exploring the opportunity to sell their music rights
Benjamin Jackson

Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan are this year's Polar Music Prize recipients.

Explainer What is the Polar Music Prize, as Queen earn the prize in 2025?

Erja Lyytinen

Finland's award-winning 'Queen Of The Slide Guitar' Erja Lyytinen is heading to ...

New research reveals Britain as a nation of ravers and the top twenty tunes guar...

The Grim Reaper has been a regular at the Queen Vic for 40 years now.

Death stalks EastEnders once again

Highlights from 1952 and 1953

All-change as Royal fever gripped the borough

Shirley Ballas

Shirley Ballas: Bring me the Royals!

Free coins are available in limited quantities - you just need to pay a small postage fee

How to order a free 'gift to the nation' commemorative coin

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The Classic Rock Show set to blow away the New Year's cobwebs at North East show...

Danny Dyer is working to launch the Pack Our Pubs initiative

Former Eastenders actor Danny Dyer lends support to struggling pubs

Ben & Jerry's has launched a new flavour which will honour rock music legend Freddie Mercury (Photo: Hope & Glory/Getty)

Ben & Jerry's launches Queen-inspired flavour to raise funds for AIDS

Ben & Jerry's has launched a new flavour which will honour rock music legend Freddie Mercury (Photo: Hope & Glory/Getty)

Ben & Jerry's launches Queen-inspired flavour to raise funds for AIDS
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Holly Allton

I’m a Celebrity 2024: NUFC's 9 representatives from series past

FRANCOIS-OLIVIER DOYON & NICK RADCLIFFE (QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA)

Inside Queen Extravaganza: Official Queen tribute band celebrates 50 years of Bo...

The Healthwatch England national conference

Board members fly the flag for South Tyneside at national conference

Pokemon characters, like those pictured, are among toy deals at Aldi (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Cowabunga! Iconic 1990s retro toys comeback in supermarket deals

Escape taxing times to enjoy luxury Lisbon 'Liberty'

Stacey Solomon (left) helped out Caroline and Erick in the first episode of her new series Stacey Solomon: Renovation Rescue (Picture: Matt McQuillan/Channel 4)

Stacey Solomon's Renovation Rescue review: A new show build on shaky ground

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 19: Helena Bonham Carter attends 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Actress Helena Bonham Carter leads guest list of Queen Camilla's Reading Room fe...

The host of Great British Menu, Andi Oliver (Picture: BBC/Optomen Television Ltd/Ashleigh Brown)

Great British Menu review: This TV cooking show just ends up repeating on you

It was the year that Princess Diana came to St Paul's Church, Jarrow. Did you get to see her?

Nine retro photos from life in South Tyneside 1985

Parent Power 2024: The Times releases its list of Best UK schools & league table

The Sunday Times releases Parent Power 2024 UK guide

The 2004 L322 Range Rover, formerly owned by The Queen, which went under the hammer for £132,000 at Iconic Auctioneers

Queen's old Range Rover is sold - for twice as much as expected

Former England Jill Scott will be switching on the festive lights.

Queen of the Jungle to switch on Boldon CA Christmas Festival Christmas lights

Queen Elizabeth’s death date & cause of death

Castle for sale UK: 956-year-old fortress used by Kings and Queens hits the market - but there’s a catch

956-year-old castle used by Kings and Queens is on the market

King Charles III enjoys a dram during the Mey Highland Games at the John O'Groats Showground in Caithness. Photo by Robert MacDonald/PA Wire

King Charles’ ‘unwelcome reminder’ as family portrait disappears

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry and Meghan won’t mark Queen’s death with royal family

Prince Harry and his then-fiancee, now wife, US actress Meghan Markle arrive to visit the Terrence Higgins Trust World AIDS Day charity fair at Nottingham Contemporary on December 1, 2017

Harry and Meghan had request to fly on Air Force One denied

Barbara Windsor’s widower finds love with EastEnders star

Madonna

Madonna is ‘on the road to recovery’ after intensive care ordeal

Bank Holiday crowds at the South Marine Park in August 1980. They are watching as a steam engine takes another load of passengers for a trip around the lake. Photo: Shields Gazette

12 photos to take you back to South Tyneside in 1980

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6, 2023. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

King Charles & Queen Camilla criticised over gender pay gap to staff

King Charles III

King Charles makes major change to royal family’s summer tradition

King Charles and Queen Camilla expected to honour late Queen’s Royal Ascot tradition (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Royal Ascot returns as fans place bets on Queen’s hat colour

Queen Camilla

Queen Camilla names horse which will lead Trooping the Colour parade

Residents across South Shields celebrated for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last year.

Remembering South Shields celebrations for the Queen’s Jubilee

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, with a childhood drawing of Queen Elizabeth II drawn by a very young King Charles.

Childhood drawings by King Charles to fetch thousands at auction

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation carriage and procession coming through Admiralty Arch on the way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace

A look back at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation

Queen Camilla meets wellwishers as she visits Enniskillen Castle

Queen Camilla’s title if she were to outlive King Charles revealed

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