Following the suspected terror attack in Manchester Arena on the evening of May 22 four people from the North East are still reported missing. The four people, Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry from South Shields and Philip Tron and Courtney Boyle from Gateshead, still have not made contact with their families following the […]
A group of North East solidarity seekers and aid workers will be sleeping out in South Shields to raise funds for a volunteer’s forthcoming aid mission to support refugees in Northern Greece and Serbia. The group are supporting Ruhi Loren Akhtar’s mission, to the European countries, which will take place on […]
Charity star, the Big Pink Dress, is hoping to run to every UK Premier League football ground in 2018. The man underneath the dress, Colin Burgin-Plews wants to run to every football ground in memory of his friend Marilyn Jones, who died in 2015. Mr Burgin-Plews said: “It’s for Marilyn’s […]
Police have sealed off a South Shields street with a cordon in an ongoing incident. At 11.55am this morning (February 8), police received a report of concern for a man in an address in Moreland Road making threats and stating he had a firearm. The incident is currently contained inside […]
The family of murdered Tipu Sultan say they have been left with a huge financial loss after his death. Tipu Sultan, 32, from Sunderland, was killed outside his family run business Herbs and Spice Kitchen, Lake Avenue, South Shields, on April 7, 2015. He died from a single gunshot wound […]
A Sunderland aid worker is urging people in the North East to create boxes of hope for Syrian’s in need. People can get involved in creating the boxes by following the instructions created by the charity. Once the box has been created you can contact the appointed person within […]
The murder of South Shields’ takeaway owner Tipu Sultan will be featured on BBC’s Crimewatch tonight (September, 5th). Millions of viewers across the country will learn how the murder case of the 32-year-old man was solved by Northumbria Police detectives. Mr Sultan was shot and killed at the rear […]
The Arbeia Roman Festival returned to South Shields this year for its 25th anniversary. It is only the second year that private company Time and Tide Events has managed it after the museum had its funding cut last year. With it now being ran by a private company rather than […]
The Swim Safe programme of outdoor swimming and water safety sessions has returned to Sandhaven beach. The programme, aimed at 7 to 14-year-old’s, runs Wednesday to Saturday until August 20 and is delivered in partnership between the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). It is the third […]
A 43-year-old man has suffered a slash wound to his face after he was assaulted in South Shields. The assault happened at around 4.30pm on Saturday, May 28, at the junction of Stanhope Road and Alnwick Road in the town. The man suffered a slash wound to his face and […]