The Mayor of South Tyneside hosted a charity sports talk event at South Shields Football Club on Friday evening. Councillor Richard Porthouse invited football fans to Mariners Park for a sports Q&A night with two ex-Sunderland players. Ex-Sunderland AFC footballer Kevin Ball was a guest speaker at the event alongside […]
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 […]
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 […]