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“Let's work together to keep South Tyneside clean and tackle fly-tipping.”

South Tyneside Council's advice to stop fly-tipping

The Council has urged members of the public to "leave only footprints in the sand" when visiting the seafront.

Readers have their say after five tonnes of seafront rubbish removed

Sandhaven beach was packed with sunseekers this bank holiday weekend.

I know how to send the scourge of South Shields beaches packing

Tonnes of rubbish removed from seafront after the bank holiday weekend

"Killer whale" rubbish mountain picked from riversides.

'Killer whale' rubbish mountain filled 200 bags

Cllr Kenneth Wood with some of the rubbish that has been dumped in Tyne Dock.

Flytippers face prosecution after leaving documents in dumped rubbish

Cigarette butts to be Britains 'most pervasive' litter problem

A common pub game could help eliminate UK's biggest litter problem

Fly-tipped rubbish and waste is seen beside a road in Colnbrook, near Heathrow, west of London on May 11 2020.

Watch: How do we dump Britain’s fly-tipping epidemic?

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

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

A Washington man has been ordered to pay almost £3,400 following a fly tip in East Boldon.

Man fined almost £3,400 after waste was dumped in an East Boldon field

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

South Tyneside Council bosses have said the large containers and bins located in the Monkton Stadium car park are to be removed

Major update as car park's recycling banks left in disgusting state

Dramatic pictures posted on Facebook posted by Watery Lane resident Elaine Hutchings show the scale of the fly tipping.

'Beyond belief': Outrage over 50ft long fly-tipped waste pile

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

The huge mountain of rubbish has built up at a property in Dalkeith Street

Disgusting mountain of rubbish attracting rats and plaguing street

Bilk's Sol Abraham

Boardmasters 2024: Bilk’s Sol Abrahams reflects on Cornish experience
“We’ve done it like a proper rock and roll band. We’re not an industry plant and we haven’t got any rich celebrity parents helping us out.”
Patrick Hollis

Neil Wheatley, and his daughter Emily, have completed a 24-hour litter pick to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Dad raises over £1,400 for cancer charity with 24-hour litter pick

Michael Kerrigan has been jailed for eight weeks after he was caught fly tipping in a popular Jarrow park.

South Tyneside man jailed for fly tipping in a popular Jarrow park

The case was heard at Newcastle Crown Court. Photo: National World.

Two South Tyneside primary age kids removed from faeces-filled house

Gas cannister exploded after being incorrectly thrown out with household rubbish

Watch: Gas cannister explodes and is sent flying at binman

Residents say the village of Featherstone is the 'grimmest' place in the UK and is surrounded by three prisons.

'We live in UK's grimmest village... it's worse than prison'

The case was dealt with at South Tyneside Magistrates Court

Man fined for failing to tidy his garden by despite Council warnings

Children taking part in the litter pick

Boldon nursery and school pupils help keep village tidy

Piling rubbish at the block of flats

Residents 'furious' over piling rubbish due to no bin collections

Joan Neininger & Ken Selway share a kiss at their wedding reception at Hannover Court, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.

‘Lady’ - who married ‘Tramp’ she found going through bins - dies

These pictures show the 'war zone' that greeted a family arriving for the first time at their historic Â£1.5m manor home - after the seller 'gutted' it before completion

Family devastated after new £1.5m home ‘gutted’ by seller be he left

Creepy morgue to be sold at auction with buyers warned to take ‘great care’ inspecting derelict property

Creepy morgue to be sold at auction with price starting at £55,000
A creepy morgue is set to appear on the market - would you buy it?
Will Millar

See inside the £795k rundown mansion which comes with a health warning

Homeowners could be liable for £50k fine if your neighbour does ‘this’ to your property

Neighbours could land homeowners a £50k fine according to obscure law

The terraced house in Whitnash Grove, Coventry could easily be a smart family home but for one major snag the property has suffered from extensive fire damage inside

House labelled ‘Britain’s filthiest’ sells at auction for £175,000

Stacey Solomon shares cheap 25p cleaning hack for removing limescale

A look at the UK’s most neglected street compared to The Last Of Us

The Banksy mural in in Lowestoft, Suffolk, after the skip was removed

Removal of part of a Banksy work has now left the mural ‘worthless’

Masked Singer elimination: Piece of Cake’s reason for taking part

Dismantled wardrobes and wood had been witnessed being flytipped in the back lane of Julian Street in August.

Two South Tyneside residents ordered to pay £1,600 for refusing to clear waste

First News: Is Recycling a Load of Rubbish?

Graham Scott has been left frustrated by the council's permit scheme for Middlefields Recycling Village which restricts him from using his camper van.

What you said about the tip permit scheme in South Shields

An additional waste collection service was laid on – and Ocean Road eatery bosses were urged to remedy any future stockpile by paying for extra clean-ups.

Restaurants visited by council officials over waste

Santa: this fat old twister has cost everyone a fortune.

Joy to the world - Christmas and New Year are over!

Members of th Tyne Rivers Trust and Monkton Dene Clean groups with the rubbish rubbish collected at Monkton Burn

Litter louts urged to clean up their act as volunteers collect huge haul of rubb...

The waste dumped by Chelsea Magee.

Residents left to pick up fines totaling more than £2,000 after dumping waste

The case of Melody Vickers.

'We will take action' - warning to clear up rubbish as six people face prosecuti...

Rubbish is a big problem

Volunteers, left to right, Rachael Forster, Victoria Humble, Louise Hopkins and Abi Forster, take part in the beach clean at Whitburn Beach.

Whitburn beach clean rubbish will become a work of art

Rubbish is not going to waste: Landfill levels slashed to three per cent

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