The Latest Breaking News from Wallsend

Living on the edge of the Wallsend sinkhole as works to repair damage get underway

Wallsend residents say they are satisfied with the response to the suburb's sinkhole saga.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 7, 2023

'We still don't know why, but we won't tolerate it': Detective who put violent Coast Road kidnappers behind bars lifts lid on probe

Mason Schubeler, Ricky Fidler, Reece Speirs, Harri Pearce and Laura Watson have all been convicted after bizarre crime which saw man fall from moving van in Wallsend

Chronicle Live · Apr 7, 2023

Newcastle 20-year pool plan consultation starts after Easter: council

The draft plan proposes creating a reserve fund for the five pools, as well as a Wallsend pool expansion as the population booms in the city's west.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 6, 2023

Wallsend sinkhole settles as evacuated residents return home

Emergency services have been praised for their handling of the sinkholes at Wallsend.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 29, 2023

Wallsend sinkhole residents allowed home, but street will stay shut

Police have confirmed that engineers have given the all-clear, but it's not entirely back to normal.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 28, 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

Wallsend sinkhole emergency stretches into fourth day

Seventeen residents of Fogo Street will be forced to spend another night away from home.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 28, 2023

Second sinkhole opens at Wallsend: residents cannot return home

The state's Mine Subsidence Advisory says it is aware of a number of incidents in Wallsend.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 27, 2023

'Just devastating': bowling club says sinkhole damage will cost $3m

IT WILL cost at least $3 million to fix damaged bowling greens at Wallsend after a sinkhole opened up in the ground on Saturday.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 27, 2023

Sinkhole at Wallsend under investigation: exclusion zone remains in place

EMERGENCY services and Subsidence Advisory NSW representatives were set to meet on Sunday afternoon for a briefing about the Wallsend sinkhole.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 25, 2023