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Two workers stand on the raised platform of a yellow vehicle and carry out work to overhead power lines. There are two more workers on the tracks below. They are all wearing orange high-visibility clothing and white helmets.

Five-day Metro route closure for power lines work

Operator Nexus says the work will future-proof a section of the route in the South Shields area.

An empty blue, white and orange Stagecoach sitting next to a bus stop. Its reflection can also be seen in the windows of another bus parked next to it, only part of which is in shot.

Hundreds of bus workers balloted on strike action

Nearly 580 workers are voting on whether to strike in Newcastle, Sunderland and South Shields.

Six South Shields residents posing to the camera. Tom Atkinson is second from left wearing a grey cardigan. He has grey hair.

Bus cuts leave elderly 'isolated and neglected'

Residents are struggling to get to medical appointments or visit family, campaigners say.

Photo of glass school building which says "South Tyneside College" with trees and shrubbery outside as well as a Union Jack flag waving.

Principal and vice principal abruptly leave roles

The college says it is an "internal staffing matter" and will not comment further.

A composite image of Archie York, left, a little boy with a big smile and brown hair, and the site of the explosion. It shows flats which have been reduced to rubble, and emergency service workers are going through the scene.

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A study finds a low aspirin dose can reduce cancer risk and a major kayak rescue.

Dave Dixon, campaigner, with short grey hair, wearing a grey fleece, looks to the right as he stands on a grass field, with a road with cars driving past next to him.

Campaigners fear lamps will 'destroy night sky'

Campaigners say they are "embarrassed" over plans to add street lights at a night sky beauty spot.

Two men and a woman board a black and yellow Metro train towards Newcastle Airport from Platform 2 at the Stadium of Light station in Sunderland.

Metro fares to rise next week after postponement

Nexus says the rises are smaller than its cost increases, with passengers urged to go paperless.

The Leas, along the coast road at South Shields. A grassy area lies in the foreground, with the sea in the distance and grey, stormy skies above.

Lamp-posts approved for Northern Lights viewpoint

Street lighting will make it 'safer and more accessible' for cyclists, say South Tyneside Council.

Mugshot of William Henderson who messily ruffled dark hair and a grey beard.

Man groped two children almost 30 years apart

William Henderson molested one child in the 1990s and and other several years ago, a court hears.