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Strict bail for survivor of Gateshead crash that claimed teenage boy's life

An 18-year-old has been charged over alleged break and enter.

Newcastle Herald

Windale search warrant leads to arrest over Gateshead shooting

Police were told two masked offenders shot a woman in the arm.

Newcastle Herald

Woman shot in arm as masked offenders ambush group outside unit

Police were told two shots were fired at the group.

Newcastle Herald

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Friday briefing: Can LGBTQ+ communities rethink pride in a hostile landscape?

In today’s newsletter: Pride organisers across the north‑east are adapting to funding cuts and a shifting political landscape with a renewed need for protest and solidarity

The Guardian - UK

‘Straight out of Trumpland’: LGBTQ+ members fight for Pride after Essex library ban

Rochford LGBTQ+ community say Reform council’s ban on flying pride flags or holding events states they’re not welcome

The Guardian - UK

The Miracle of Gateshead: How one National League club defied the odds with help of ex-Newcastle United man

The Gateshead International Stadium has played host to one of English football's most remarkable turnarounds this season

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Sculptor Sir Antony Gormley says art ‘a fundamental tool in our survival’

The Turner Prize winner is best known for creating the Angel Of The North sculpture in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

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Inside the Grooming Gang: Profiles of the Men Behind 'Horrific' Exploitation of Vulnerable UK Teens

Grooming gangs in the UK persist, as evidenced by the Gateshead case where five Eastern European men were jailed for exploiting vulnerable teens through rape and assault

International Business Times UK

Gateshead grooming gang jailed for rapes and sexual assaults of teenage girls

The victims, aged 13 to 16 at the time of the offences (2014 - 2019) were sometimes plied with alcohol or cocaine before they were sexually abused

The Independent UK

Gateshead grooming gang members jailed for rape and sexual assaults

Five men who targeted vulnerable girls in park sentenced to terms of between 18 months and 14 years

The Guardian - UK

How heat from old coal mines became a source of local pride in this northern English town – new study

Around a quarter of UK homes lie on disused coalfields. These abandoned coal mines are flooded with water that is naturally heated by the Earth.

The Conversation

Tyne and weary: Truro City’s 914-mile round trip makes English football history

Truro’s 12-hour bus journey from Cornwall in the south-west all the way up England’s spine to the north-east bore a single point and a free pint or two

The Guardian - UK

The dotty genius of Seurat and a song and dance about Picasso – the week in art

Tate Modern reframes its Picassos in a theatrical light, there’s a hands-on utopia in Gateshead, and the Cerne chalk giant gets a colourful new neighbour

The Guardian - UK

English Town Reports Domestic Abuse Support Referrals Still 'Too High'

The annual data report gathered by Gateshead Council regarding the domestic abuse support referrals has a major breakthrough, but more measures are needed to address the situation.

International Business Times UK

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Evening Standard

MP will ‘not be deterred’ following major fire at constituency office

Washington and Gateshead South MP Sharon Hodgson’s office was targeted.

Evening Standard

Man arrested after Labour MP Sharon Hodgson's office destroyed in suspected arson attack

Sharon Hodgeson’s Gateshead workplace was shut on Friday morning following the fire overnight

The Independent UK

Huge snake found slithering in Gateshead resident’s toilet

A snake slithering in a toilet gave a Gateshead man the fright of his life when he found the reptile hiding in his bathroom.

The Guardian - UK

Slot has ditched Liverpool’s control and turned up Klopp’s heavy metal

In today’s Football Daily: Defending champions are less secure, more fun, while Gateshead fans gets get a road trip to remember

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Evening Standard

Police warn of possible dangerous drugs batch after death and cardiac arrests

Northumbria Police have issued the warning after the death of a man in his 40s and four people suffering cardiac arrests in the Gateshead area.

The Independent UK

Police investigating death of boy, 14, after fire make fresh appeal

Layton Carr’s body was found inside a building at an industrial park in Gateshead on Friday evening.

The Guardian - UK

Family pays tribute to ‘caring and loving boy’ killed in Gateshead fire

Layton Carr, 14, described as a ‘cheeky, happy lad’ after his death in blaze at an industrial estate on Friday

The Independent UK

Layton Carr: Heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘cheeky, happy lad’ killed in Gatehouse industrial estate fire

Layton Carr died after a blaze broke out near Fairfield industrial park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, on Friday

Evening Standard

More than £13,000 raised for family of boy who died in fire

Donors remembered the 14-year-old’s ‘beautiful smile’ and sent sympathies to his family.

Evening Standard

14 children arrested after boy died in fire bailed

The fire broke out near Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday evening.

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to ‘much-loved’ boy killed in Gateshead industrial estate fire

Death of Layton Carr, 14, has left community ‘heartbroken’ as police arrest more than a dozen children

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