North Shields, England News

The 18-year-old was slapped with an A 80 fixed penalty when police spotted him buying a bottle of vodka from a shop in Byker, Newcastle, and passing it to three 15-year-old girls.

'The Event & Segedunum' is an open-air gig for 11 to 19-year-olds held at Segedunum Roman Fort in Wallsend.

The mother of Michael Sweeney, who was killed in Afghanistan, has spoken of her horror at the terrorist killing of a young man outside her son's former barracks Times are tough and money is short so the prospect of rock giants Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder on one bill is enough to tempt open even the tightest of wallets She may have been crowned ... (more)

It is hoped that the unusual move by the North Shields school will give sixth formers a competitive edge when they enter the job market.

The walk, sarating at 10.30am, will take participants through Tynemouth before finishing up at The Magic Lantern pub in North Shields, where there will be free soft play for youngsters.

Landscape designer George Scott showing kids at The Meadows in North Shields the final plans for their new play area to be created by the centre.

PCSOs Andrea Leigh and Andy Gilhooley on reassurance patrols on Paradise in Easington, after a series of police raids in the town FOUR men were arrested for alleged drugs and money-laundering offences after breakfast-time raids across three police force areas today .

The victim, who is in her 80s was in the garden of remembrance at Preston Cemetery on, Walton Avenue, North Shields when a man took her shopping trolley, emptied it out and then ran off with her red Marks & Spencer purse, which contained pictures of her two dead children.

A con victim lured in by a slick football manager posing as a millionaire has told how he pushed her to the brink of suicide.

Special multi-player set-ups will be created on Saturday May 18 in Wallsend, Whitley Bay and North Shields, where up to 16 players at a time can tackle well-known games including Mario Kart, Goldeneye, Micro Machines and Bomberman.

A teenager has been charged with the murder of a North Shields man who was found dead at a flat in the town on Friday Heavy-rock lovers are in for a treat next week in Newcastle as Whitesnake, Journey and Thunder team up.

A teenager has been charged with the murder of a North Shields man who was found dead at a flat in the town on Friday Heavy rock lovers are in for a treat next week in Newcastle as Whitesnake, Journey and Thunder team up for a gig.

The four-day initiative in the Moor Park area began on Tuesday as part of North Tyneside Council's sixth Big Spring Clean campaign.

On the 20th anniversary of the Swan Hunter shipyard collapse, we take a look at the impact the closure had on the region Ship-building's darkest hour arrived 20 years ago today with the collapse of the Swan Hunter yard in Wallsend.

Mantas Leonavicius, 22, originally from Lithuania, was found dead in Stanley Street, North Shields, at 2.20pm on Friday.

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Jeffels, a former semi-professional footballer who manages a North East amateur league club, was banned from running a firm after a previous business went bust.

Mantas Leonavicius, 22, originally from Lithuania, was found dead in Stanley Street, North Shields, at 2.20pm on Friday, Northumbria Police said.

'You will always be the girl that got raped and no one will like you': Rapist taunted teen after horrific attack Abdul Miah is starting a 12-year jail sentence for dragging the 15-year-old off the street and raping her on a piece of wasteland in Newcastle Alan Pardew has revealed he does not fear the sack at Newcastle United - despite this season's ... (more)

Officers were called just after 2.20pm today, Friday, May 10, after receiving calls over concerns for a man in a house in Stanley Street, North Shields.