Tyne & Wear
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Pedestrian tunnel opening delayed again
The Tyne foot and cycle crossing renovations have taken two years longer than its construction.
- 20 January 2019
- From the section Tyne & Wear
Fees phishing scam targets schools
Parents at Newcastle's Royal Grammar School were sent fraudulent emails offering reduced fees.
- 20 January 2019
- From the section Tyne & Wear
Premature baby who needed new heart dies
His parents, who lost their first son in 2013, say Carter Cookson has "gained his angel wings".
- 19 January 2019
- From the section Tyne & Wear
House taped off after body discovery
- 19 January 2019
- From the section Tyne & Wear
Government to review opencast mine plan
- 17 January 2019
- From the section Tyne & Wear
Ant and Dec reunite for BGT auditions
- 18 January 2019
- From the section Entertainment & Arts
Sport First female winner of 'Britain's most brutal race'
- 17 January 2019
- From the section Athletics
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Features & Analysis
Greggs: How its vegan sausage roll stormed social media
Shares in the bakery chain Greggs bucked the retail gloom this week thanks to good numbers and marketing.
‘Was my dad a paedophile?’
Lesley's father, from Wallsend, was targeted by "paedophile hunters", and took his own life only days later.
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