South Shields

Plastic nurdles are washing up on beaches more than 30 miles south of the Port of Tyne spill site.

Three people were rescued off the coast of South Shields on Saturday, the coastguard say.

Metro tracks are added to a South Shields memorial to prisoners of war who built the Burma railway.

Reid, who played for Sir Bobby's England team in the mid-1980s, will join runners in September.

South Tyneside Council asks the government to help fund a £21m replacement Heugh Street Bridge.

The Tyne Rivers Trust says it has already seen fish with the pellets in their system.

Alex Davies-Jones says she is "horrified" by the content of a film highlighting abuse girls face.