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The Latest Breaking News from the River Tyne

Freedom for Christmas: the extraordinary journey of an enslaved woman to Britain

A newly unveiled statue in North Shields is casting fresh light on the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Macham – a woman whose courage carried her from the brutality of slavery in the US state of Virginia to freedom on the banks of the River Tyne on Christmas Day, 1831.

The Conversation · Dec 23, 2025

‘Proof of celebrity status of gladiators in UK’ coming to Hadrian’s Wall

The knife handle figure, discovered in the River Tyne near Corbridge in Northumberland, is thought to have been bought as a souvenir.

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024

Tragedy as second boy dies after getting into trouble in River Tyne

Aras Rudzianskas, 13, lost his fight for life in hospital on Tuesday

Evening Standard · May 22, 2024

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Hero Quayside bar manager saved teenager from drowning in River Tyne in dramatic rescue

Urban Garden manager Amber Hutton saved the life of a teenager who had fallen into the River Tyne

Chronicle Live · Jun 22, 2023

Man in hospital after falling from the Redheugh Bridge and being rescued from the River Tyne

Police and paramedics rushed to the scene just before 4pm on Bank Holiday Monday

Chronicle Live · May 30, 2023

Deer spotted swimming from Newcastle to Gateshead across the River Tyne in 'amazing' sight

The pair of deer were seen making their way across the river early on Sunday morning, leaving local fisherman Michael Quayle awestruck as he caught the moment on his phone

Chronicle Live · May 28, 2023

Dad-of-four found dead on riverbank just 20 yards from where his family searched

Karl Pyle, 32, was found dead on the banks of the River Tyne in Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne one month after he went missing and now his devastated family have paid an emotional tribute

Daily Mirror · Apr 16, 2023

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End of an era as Tyne-built luxury liner leaves the river 50 years ago

Photographed leaving the Tyne in April 1973, the luxury liner Vistafjord was the last vessel of its kind ever to be built on the river

Chronicle Live · Apr 11, 2023

Bridges over the Tyne in 1957 - watch archive aerial film footage of the river

We see very different scenes from today's in our aerial film footage of the River Tyne and it surroundings from around 65 years ago in our latest offering from the North East Film Archive

Chronicle Live · Apr 4, 2023

A launch on the River Tyne in 1968 - and the lost world of Tyneside shipbuilding

The oil tanker Nacella, launched at Swan Hunter's Wallsend yard 55 years ago, was just one of the hundreds of vessels built during the heyday of the River Tyne's shipyards

Chronicle Live · Mar 28, 2023

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