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North East quiz: A look at 2024's quirkier stories

30 December 2024

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Dr Q's Food Factory which has a brown shop front with blue shutters which have not been pulled all the way down. A glass-fronted building can be seen to the right and a Turkish barber shop to the left. The flats would have sat above Dr Q's.

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An open Metro train door leading on to the tracks. The platform on the other side of Simonside station can be seen beyond the gravel of the train tracks. A green light illuminates the door from the inside of the Tyne and Wear Metro carriage.

Metro error sparked 'series of unlikely events'

The network's new trains are back in service after a safety issue with the doors was identified.

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Rise in animals being shot, warns charity

Pawz for Thought says the growing number of animals being shot is "heartbreaking".

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