#StormGertrude has been officially named and will bring severe gales to parts of N Britain https://t.co/ziqeF8QF1E pic.twitter.com/FYjsmq4R2G — Met Office (@metoffice) January 28, 2016 Gale force winds of 70-80mph battered Tyne and Wear this morning, with more to continue late into the afternoon. Storm Gertrude, as it has been named […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for information after an indecent exposure incident in Washington. It happened at about 4.30pm yesterday (Thursday, January 28) in Biddick Lane, in Columbia, Washington, where a man exposed himself to two teenagers while they were in the subway. The man is described as around 40 to […]
Metro trains are now running between Sunderland and East Boldon. However, Tyne and Wear Metro have tweeted to say that there are “up to 20 mins delays due to obstruction on the line”. Metros were suspended earlier today after “plastic being blown onto the overhead line”. Delays of up to […]
Three men have been charged after a student was robbed in Newcastle city centre. At around 1:40am on Tuesday, January 26, a 19-year-old man was walking in the underpass near Windsor place after leaving Robinson library. He was then approached by a group of men and threatened with a knife. […]
As much as 80 per cent of people in the North East back the measure to lower the legal drink-drive limit, a recent survey has found out. The findings by Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, have been released today as the House of Lords debated a Private Members Bill […]
A large tree has fallen onto a road in Newcastle and has caused some serious traffic disruption. Great North Road in Gosforth is currently blocked northbound after high winds brought the tree down near Northern FC. Queues are starting to build between the Broadway Estate junction and the Brunton Road […]
A new report has highlighted the impact of gender stereotypes on teenagers, as young people are found to be ‘restricted by gender stereotypes’. The Gender Report was published by leading anti-bullying national charity Ditch the Label. And it explores how young people use gender stereotypes as part of their identity and how […]
First year Sunderland student, Emma Goring, is holding a Japanese experience in the National Glass Centre today (January 29). The National Glass Centre restaurant, The Glass Yard, will be swapping the usual plain white tea and coffee mugs for the glass and ceramics student’s handmade vessels and will be serving […]
Metro services are halted again between Sunderland and East Boldon, as windy weather conditions have caused an obstruction on the over-head line between the two stations. Tyne and Wear Metro say that the obstruction is caused by “plastic being blown onto the overhead line”. However, they have reassured Metro customers […]
A union chief says big crowd is expected to greet Jeremy Corbyn at the Durham Miners Gala in summer. Mr Corbyn will be the first Labour leader to attend the event since Ed Miliband in 2012. Dave Hopper, the general secretary of the Durham Miners Association (DMA), predicts that Mr […]