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A devoted husband spent his final, frantic minutes trying to save the woman he called "the best wife in the world". Stewart Whitfield, 56, collapsed and died just minutes after his wife, Olga, 61, suffered a suspected, fatal heart attack at their home in Tracey Avenue, West Boldon.

HE faced his attackers in court in the hope that justice would be done. But just 24 hours after seeing the thugs who subjected him to a terrifying bar attack jailed, victim Josh Boyle discovered the duo were walking free, after a judge changed his mind.

DRUGS worth 14,000 have been seized in Gateshead. Police found 249g of what is believed to be cocaine in a BMW car stopped and searched at Handy Drive, in Gateshead, on Saturday.

HADRIAN'S Wall will be lit from east to west coast in an atmospheric event targeted at a national and international audience.

X FACTOR sparked anger with its depiction of favourite's Joe McElderry's home town.

TWO men were left with head injuries after a fight on a Metro train.Police are appealing for witnesses to the bust-up, which began on a train and continued on a platform.

POLICE have launched a major investigation after a stabbing in North Tyneside. The attack happened in the early hours of yesterday morning, at a flat on High Street East, Wallsend.

New plans for the improvement of the Silverlink junction in North Tyneside are set to go on public display for the first time next week.

A SEX beast who carried out a sickening attack on an ill teenager as she lay asleep in her hospital bed is today behind bars.

A FATHER who crashed his car during a high-speed race while his baby son was in the back seat has been given a suspended sentence.

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Residents of North Tyneside are being put on their guard over approaches from companies suggesting they can help claim back council tax.

A MAN ended up before the courts for defending himself against a bottle-wielding attacker.

A "JEALOUS" thug has been warned he could face jail after waiting outside the school gates to attack his 14-year-old love rival.

A social worker who filmed up women's skirts during shopping trips in Newcastle for his own "personal gratification" has been removed from the register.

Caption: Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers seen out with a coffee in Yorkville Toronto, Canada .... The JONAS BROTHERS stunned pupils at a U.K. school on Wednesday when they turned up unannounced for an impromptu performance.

A MUGGER ran into trouble after snatching a handbag - because the owner was a SPRINTER.

Months after crossing virtual paths with a fellow blogger on the other side of the Atlantic, paramedic Mark Glencorse found himself spending a week answering medical calls and learning the American EMS system with the San Francisco Fire Department.

AN ALADDIN'S cave of stolen children's bikes has been unearthed in a police raid.

TWO more cases of E.coli have been uncovered in a food poisoning outbreak at a North East bakery.