North Tyneside, England News

THE man who talent-spotted Alan Shearer has died. Jack Hixon from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, passed away in hospital this morning at the age of 88.

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THERE were smiles all round when football heroes delivered early Christmas presents to dozens of children.

HER unborn child died when a knife was plunged into her stomach. But today stabbed Kerry Richardson is looking forward to the birth of another baby.

IF dogs could talk then Rosie and Louis would have some tale to tell. The much-loved dogs are recovering at home after going Awol for 48 hours - but their re-appearance at the Rowland household in Preston Village, North Shields, North Tyneside, is almost as mysterious as their vanishing act! Rosie, a six-year-old miniature poodle, and Louis, a ...

CLEARED Nicola Buglass today told how she will have to live with killing her neighbour's unborn baby for the rest of her life.

SIX winners emerged last night from an original line up of 50 entries in a search to find the cream of architecture and building design in the region.

A SCHEME aimed at stopping a drain of highly skilled North-East professionals during the recession has been praised by a man who found work after taking part.

PATIENTS have been admitted to hospital accident and emergency de- partments in the region where there was no senior doctor on the unit.

THE chief executive of North Yorkshire County Council is stepping down. John Marsden, the authority's chief executive, will leave in March, after four and a half years in the job.

North Tyneside MP Stephen Byers has been rebuked by the Commons sleaze watchdog for breaking expenses rules.

BACKING GROUP ... from left, South Tyneside Mayor John Anglin, Sunderland Mayor Dennis Richardson, North Tyneside Council chairman Michael Huscroft and Newcastle Mayor Michael Cookson.

IN less than a year, this giant steel frame will be transformed into a fire station of the future.

The death of a four-year-old boy in Liverpool follows the latest in a line of vicious, sometimes fatal, dog attacks on both children and adults.

MORE than 2.6m in parking fines was raked in by North East councils last year. Newcastle City Council alone made more than 1.5m in penalties from drivers who had parked on yellow lines or in disabled bays, or left a car in a parking space for longer than they paid for.

A man has been arrested following a fire at a North Tyneside public house. Police and fire crews were called to the Sir Colin Campbell in Saville Street West in North Shields on Thursday evening.

The new North Tyneside Area Command headquarters building now being built has been given an "excellent" rating for sustainable design.

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TWO North Tyneside men have today been charged with nine separate raids on supermarkets.

NORTH Tyneside is facing an "everything must go" sale as council bosses struggle to find 9m in five months.