Tag: Howdon
over 1 year ago
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End to Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel renovation saga finally in sight – 10 years after work started

Approaching a decade after the tunnel first closed for its refurbishment, the final piece of uncompleted work at the ...

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over 1 year ago
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North Tyneside shipyard set for multi-million pound restoration in bid to attract clean energy jobs

The Howdon Yard is in need of repairs to make it a more attractive site for employers to move onto

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about 2 years ago
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Yet more delays to costly Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel restoration as engineers find 'unexpected problems'

It had been hoped that a new contractor would have the overdue works completed by the end of 2021, but the troubled p...

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over 2 years ago
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Tyne Tunnel confirms date it will stop taking cash in 'historic' change to toll payments

November 8 is the day that a massive change to how the tunnels work will come into force

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over 2 years ago
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Tyne Tunnel bosses' promises to drivers before they stop accepting cash toll payments in November

From next month, drivers will no longer be able to pay for their trips through the tunnel at toll plazas

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almost 3 years ago
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End in sight for Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel refurbishment saga

A UK-based firm has been brought in to replace Italian contractors that have been unable to finish a long overdue lif...

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almost 3 years ago
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Teacher shares kids' 'overjoyed' reaction after giving them first football boots

Jamie Gilbert teaches at Silverdale School, in Howdon, Wallsend, which caters for youngsters with social, emotional, ...

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about 3 years ago
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Tributes paid to well-known chip shop owner after his death from Covid-19

Gus Singh was a familiar face in Newcastle’s East End after running the successful Gus’s Chippy on Wharrier Street fo...

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about 3 years ago
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Hope for end to Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel renovation saga

Frustrated transport bosses could turn to a UK-based firm to finish the long overdue tunnel refurbishment, with their...

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over 3 years ago
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Tyne Tunnel toll hike set to hit car and van drivers

North East transport chiefs have signed off on plans to increase the price of driving through the tunnel from £1.80 t...

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over 3 years ago
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Man and two women arrested following roof-top stand off in East Howdon

A man allegedly climbed onto the roof of a home and two women have been charged with resisting or obstructing a polic...

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over 3 years ago
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Call for legal action over huge Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel delay

Gladys Hobson claimed that Maspero Elevatori have “used every excuse in the book” to avoid completing their installat...

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almost 4 years ago
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Residents claim fly-tipping around Howdon flats is so bad 'people could die'

Residents claim the rubbish had been growing for months and eventually blocked a fire escape

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almost 4 years ago
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Stinky sewage saga rumbles on as locals claim plant 'smells like old cabbages'

The problem has gone on for well over a decade, but was raised again after one resident recently kicked up a stink

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almost 4 years ago
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The mystery smell on Tyneside which is leaving people 'gasping for breath'

One man claims it is so bad he had to move house due to the odious odour but Northumbrian Water say he is the only pe...

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about 4 years ago
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Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel revamp hit by Covid-19 lockdown delay

Glass lifts still waiting to be installed at the tunnel may not arrive until more than a year after it reopened, with...

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about 4 years ago
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Dad holds game of bingo in street to provide neighbours with lockdown fun

Mark Henderson hosted the socially distanced game for his neighbours - with soap and hand sanitiser given out as prizes

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over 4 years ago
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'No one is angry with you': Family's desperate plea to find missing dad-of-three

James Raeburn, 33, was last seen in the Dunston area of Gateshead on Friday and no one has heard from him since

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over 4 years ago
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Metros remain suspended between St James and North Shields for rest of the day

The disruption is due to falling branches damaging the overhead lines in North Tyneside this morning

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over 4 years ago
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Metro disruption expected for hours after falling branches damage overhead wires

Service is currently suspended between St James and North Shields while engineers carry out repairs

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about 5 years ago
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Running red lights at 100mph - hour of motoring madness caused by boy, 16

The underage driver drove the wrong way around a roundabout, tore through residential streets at 100mph and sped thro...

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about 5 years ago
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£16m plans to reopen Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel has been delayed AGAIN

Work on the restoration of the tunnel started in May 2013 - but it has been delayed again

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over 5 years ago
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Jihadists jailed over Tunisian terror attacks which killed Gateshead gran

Lisa Burbidge, from Whickham, was one of 38 people who died in a gruesome beach attack in Sousse on June 26, 2015

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over 5 years ago
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The North East care homes and services told to improve

The services have been rated as either 'inadequate' or 'requires improvement' by the Care Quality Commission

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over 5 years ago
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Metro faces 'dreadful' uncertainty over future of crucial £26m funding

Councillors demanded reassurances on Friday that a government grant which provides around one-third of the Metro’s fu...

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over 5 years ago
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How the famous Tyne Tunnels were built

A monorail and a bridge were two concepts considered before the Tyne Tunnels were built - take a look back at the cre...

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over 5 years ago
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The strangest and spookiest sightings revealed

'Alien hunter' Glen Richardson says the region is being visited more and more by the supernatural

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almost 6 years ago
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A Facebook page was part of the reason this care home is in special measures

Inspectors also flagged up concerns about medicines 'not always managed safely' while people were put 'at risk of harm'

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about 6 years ago
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Meet the model who skydived her way to Miss Newcastle

Rebecca Gormley was crowned Miss Newcastle 2018 in a glitzy ceremony at the County Hotel on Friday night

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over 6 years ago
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Charity for troubled families saves community centre from closure

Family Gateway have now set up home in Howdon Community Centre where they will continue their work with vulnerable fa...

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about 7 years ago
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Man arrested after rooftop stand-off in Howdon

A 32-year old is in custody on suspicion of affray after Brunton Avenue and Tynemouth Road were filled with police ca...

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about 7 years ago
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Live updates from police incident in Howdon

Information on a police incident in Howdon, North Tyneside plus North East traffic, travel, weather and breaking news

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over 7 years ago
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Metro delays after train collides with car at Howdon level crossing

Nobody was hurt during the incident but there are now 15 minute delays around the coastal loop as police attend

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over 7 years ago
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Is it a bird? Is it a bus?

Bus-size object above Howdon is one of the latest UFO reports of mystery sightings in the North East skies in September

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almost 8 years ago
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Watch close-up drone footage of "mystery" ships

Film shows first close-up of vessels which have been left for weeks anchored off North East coast

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almost 8 years ago
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Two women and one man deny killing vulnerable adult

Michelle Green, Allison Jackson and Christopher Curry all denied the charges when they appeared at Newcastle Crown Court

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