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Fenwick Avenue residents Darren and Victoria Hanson with a Spitfire plane they created to commemorate the anniversary of VE Day during their street party last year.

Fenwick Street's VE Day celebrations remembered

South Tyneside Council has been ordered to establish a public footpath at a controversial former South Shields dock site.

Council must install public pathway at controversial former dock site

Fly-tipping

Don’t let fly-tippers cost you hundreds of pounds this Bank Holiday

Residents Pat Dempsey, Lillian Smythe and Anna Mason from HC-One’s Redesdale Court Care Home enjoying a cup of tea and berry muffin in their local café

North Shields care home residents celebrate National Walking Month

William Malcolm.

Care home manager physically and sexually abused vulnerable residents

Local residents have joined together on Saturday, April 26, for the official opening of the West Park Community Garden.

Residents come together as a community garden opens in a park

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

Councillor urges Stagecoach to rethink bus service changes

Pictures shows the swarm of bees on a van in Heeley, Sheffield. Photo: Errol Edwards

Watch: Massive swarm of bees with loud buzz hits UK neighbourhood

Inside the penthouse at Newcastle's landmark Hadrian's Tower

William Thomson when he was a child. He would later become a war hero whose grave would be tended by the people of Fosseux in France.

Tiny French village to pay VE Day tribute to North East hero

The New Start scheme, which helps people in social housing secure employment in South Tyneside, has been hailed as a success.

Residents find employment opportunities through New Start scheme

Met Office predictions for the remainder of April

Met Office forecast predicts this week set to bring another warm spell

From left: Cllr Ruth Berkley, Lead Member for Adults, Health and Independence at South Tyneside Council, Rob Alstead, Development Project Manager at Karbon Homes and Zoey Hawthorne, Assistant Director of Development Delivery at Karbon Homes.

South Tyneside receives a boost in supported living accommodation

South Tyneside has seen a rise in deliberate fires since the start of March 2025.

More than 200 deliberate fires have been started in South Tyneside

Police catch Yorkshire drug dealers in sting at Skegness caravan park.

Drug dealers jailed after police sting operation at holiday spot

Terrifying moment thugs with gun, axe and sledgehammer attack bin men.

Terrifying moment thugs with gun, axe and sledgehammer attack bin men
The council leader described the incidents as “shocking and completely unprovoked attacks on hard-working crews”.
Jessica Martin

I'm 84-years-old and I'm cycling to help residents go out on day trips

There were some fantastic entries in the Easter Bonnet parade at Laygate Primary in 2011.

Easter 2011 in South Tyneside: Colourful Recollections

An artist’s impressions of the new Extra Care scheme on the site of the former Chuter Ede School and Community Association could look.

Councillor urges residents to have their say on a new development

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

TV wildlife expert Hamza Yassin is encouraging people to explore the outdoors

New research reveals knowledge of wildlife is declining, with 55% of South Tynes...

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

South Tyneside residents have marked County Durham Day in the borough.

South Shields residents mark County Durham Day at an iconic landmark

Thumbnail image for Damp Proof: The Cavity Wall Insulation Scandal documentary

The Cavity Wall Insulation Scandal - Stories of the victims

South Shields Town Hall.

Council's final call for pensioners who missed Winter Fuel Allowance

Cllr Paul Dean and Ben Turton at Propect House, the new home of the Want Not CIC.

Removal firm's CIC aims to reduce waste and provide preloved furniture

South Shields Town Hall.

Council looks to agree £1.26million funding for neighbourhood issues
South Tyneside Council is looking to agree on how much funding will be available for neighbourhood priorities.
Ryan Smith

A former RAF cadet leader has been put behind bars after he exchanged sexual messages with a schoolboy

Care home boss convicted of sexually assaulting vulnerable residents

Some of the protestors who marched in protest against the cokeworks.

Monkton cokeworks: 35 years since it bit the dust

Councillor Jane Carter, Deputy Leader of South Tyneside Council, with Robert Hall and Gary Gardiner of Hall Construction as work starts at Middlefields Depot.

More than £6million of improvement works start at a key depot

Jarrow Town Hall. Photo: Google Maps.

Jarrow residents invited to help shape the future the town

Durham Court, in Hebburn, faces demolition following the "unsustainability" of the tower block.

‘Unsustainable’ Hebburn tower block faces demolition

The Grey Horse, on Front Street, in East Boldon has been brought to the property market for an asking price of £1,250,000.

Popular East Boldon pub put up for sale for more than £1.2million

South Shields Town Hall.

South Tyneside’s Local Plan to be submitted despite vote to reject it

An artist’s impressions of the new Extra Care scheme on the site of the former Chuter Ede School and Community Association could look.

Plans submitted to build 124 Extra Care apartments in South Shields

Save the Fellgate Greenbelt campaigners at South Shields Town Hall ahead of meeting on Local Plan on February 27.

Campaigner reacts to South Tyneside's Local Plan being rejected again

James Murdoch pleaded not guilty at Newcastle Crown Court.

Court hears how a nurse allegedly sexually assaulted patients

South Tyneside residents have been fined a total of more than £5,000 for fly tipping and waste offences across the borough.

Residents fined more than £5,000 for fly tipping and waste offences

Blue Plaques set to honour notable figures throughout 2025

South Tyneside Recycling Village.

South Tyneside’s Recycling Village set to close for improvement works

The Main Road Garage in East Boldon, seen here in a 1950s photo and with the clock in the picture.

Clock row 1989: landmark divides drivers

It comes after Bristolians were ranked as the most romantic in the UK

What's your love language? Take this quiz to find out

Football pitches at The Dell, on South Shields' Quarry Lane, have been severely damaged by off-road vehicles.

Football pitches left ‘unplayable’ due to off-road vehicles

Jarrow MP Kate Osborne.

Kate Osborne MP hails the positive impact of holding street surgeries

Birtley care home thanks fantastic activities team

Go North East has announced bus service changes in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Go North East set to make changes to bus services

The initiative aims to support UK mission to reduce energy bills, create green jobs, and advance climate action

Social housing in UK to have cleaner energy come new initiative

Scheduled blackouts were last used in the UK in the 1970s. (Credit: Getty Images)

Winter struggles of 1972: South Tyneside memories

The life expectancy of all 18 south Tyneside areas ranked

South Shields Town Hall.

Council announces financial support for the borough’s pensioners

Cars stranded in deep water due to flooding in Stockport.

Watch: Roads flooded and cars submerged as heavy rain hits the UK

The closed Gateshead Flyover

Work begins to install supports for Gateshead flyover

From left: Cllr Tracey Dixon, Leader of South Tyneside Council, with, Eamonn Gribben, of the Little Haven Hotel and Cllr Paul Dean. The Little Haven Hotel has just become the latest business to join South Tyneside's Welcoming Spaces network.

Welcoming Places networks helps to support residents this winter

Residents are rescued from fire.

Watch: Police run into burning building to rescue residents from blaze

Almost half use loyalty programmes as a way of saving around the festive period

Four in 10 adults are worried about the cost of Christmas this year

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