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Top story Lloyds Wallsend Closes Tuesday 3 November, Cash Machine Too Lloyds at Royal Chambers, High Street East, Wallsend, shuts for good on 3 November, cash machine included. Where the bank sends customers for cash and help. · 3 min read

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North Tyneside NEAS Signs Anti-Racism Pledge, Actions Due in 12 Months North East Ambulance Service signed the Become the Bridge anti-racism pledge on 29 October and must set practical actions within 12 months, then track progress. · 5 min read Metro Whitley Bay Metro Back Monday, But Not Past Tynemouth Trains return to Whitley Bay on 2 November but stop at Tynemouth until 5 November, while Nexus repairs a damaged bridge in North Shields. Buses fill the gap. · 3 min read Children North Tyneside 14th in England to Grow Up, Top in North East North Tyneside is 14th of 149 councils in the Children's Commissioner's ranking, top in the North East. But exclusions and child injuries are near the bottom. · 4 min read Housing 16 New Council Homes in Wallsend and Howdon, at Social Rent Eight houses at Rosehill View in Howdon and eight flats on Elton Street East, Wallsend, are finished and will be let at social rents from the housing register. · 2 min read North Tyneside Budget: £100 Off Energy Bills for Most North East Homes Most North East homes will get £100 towards energy bills and hundreds of high street firms will stop paying business rates, Mayor Kim McGuinness says. · 4 min read Whitley Bay Bay View House Turns One: £12m Care Home on the Promenade Bay View House, the care home in the old Waverley and Rex Hotel on Whitley Bay's Promenade, has marked its first year with cake and a live singer. · 3 min read North Tyneside Apprenticeship Talent Pool: 1,500 More Starts by 2029 Approved on 27 October: young people in North Tyneside who miss out on an apprenticeship will be matched to the next one under a North East pilot worth up to £10m. · 4 min read North Tyneside Women's Intensive Supervision Court Sits in North Tyneside A new court for women who offend sat at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on 14 October, pairing tagging with addiction and trauma support. How it works. · 4 min read Howdon Tyne Pylons to Go Underground: 1.6km Tunnel From Howdon National Grid plans a 1.6km power tunnel under the Tyne from Howdon to Jarrow, so the tall pylons can come down. Work would start around 2028 and end by 2034. · 7 min read North Tyneside NEAS Wins TIDE Gold for Inclusion, Sixth Nationally North East Ambulance Service has won Gold in the 2026 TIDE inclusion benchmark and ranked sixth of those assessed. The results shape its 2027-31 Equality Plan. · 3 min read Tynemouth Tynemouth Station Homes: 46 Planned, None of Them Affordable Amethyst Homes wants to build 46 homes on the old platforms south of Tynemouth Station, with no affordable housing. Comments can go in until 12 November. · 5 min read Jobs North Tyneside Claimant Count Up 220 to 4,310 in September 4,310 people in North Tyneside claimed jobless benefits in September, 220 more than a year ago. The rate runs from 1% in St Mary's to 6.4% in Chirton. · 4 min read North Tyneside Anti-Slavery Commissioner Backs Northumbria's 2026-29 Plan Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Eleanor Lyons backed a new Northumbria strategy that covers North Tyneside. What it plans, and where to get help. · 5 min read North Tyneside NEAS Winter Campaign: 1,000+ Crashes Attended Last Winter NEAS went to more than 1,000 road crashes last winter. Its new campaign covers icy roads, flu jabs and inhalers, and when to call 999 or use NHS 111 instead. · 4 min read St Mary's Island St Mary's Island Causeway Should Be Built Lower, Group Says A wildlife group wants the new St Mary's Island causeway built lower, so the tide cuts the island off for longer. No consultee objects; decision by 12 November. · 4 min read North Tyneside Restart a Heart Day: Newcastle Lecturer Saved by CPR A Newcastle College lecturer whose colleague's CPR saved her in March meets her ambulance crew as 200 students learn CPR for Restart a Heart Day. · 7 min read North Tyneside Mayor's Events Fund: £10k to £500k Grants, Bids by 26 Nov North Tyneside event organisers can bid for £10,000 to £500,000 from the £6m Mayor's Events Fund for events from April 2027. Interest forms due 26 November. · 5 min read North East North East Pitches to India's £1.5bn Tourism Market Mayor Kim McGuinness led the North's first joint tourism pitch to India, where VisitBritain expects visitor spending to reach £1.5bn a year by 2030. · 8 min read North Tyneside Mayor's Opportunity Fund: £7,500 Grants, Apply by 9 Nov North Tyneside charities and community groups can bid for up to £7,500 from a new £1.5m round of the Mayor's Opportunity Fund. Apply by 9 November. · 4 min read Whitley Bay Hamiedog Turns 10 on Park View With 10 October Offers Hamiedog Menswear at 85 Park View marks ten years with ten offers through October and a one-run anniversary T-shirt made with Longsands Clothing. · 2 min read Whitley Bay The Living Room Whitley Bay: Best New Business Finalist The Living Room micropub at 20 Station Road, opened this summer, is a finalist for Best New Business in the UK Small Business Awards; ceremony 19 December. · 2 min read Environment Tyne Nurdle Spill: 2.2 Tonnes Still in River, Study Finds New Newcastle University modelling puts one in eight spilled pellets still in the Tyne estuary in late August. Autumn high flows could flush them out. · 7 min read Fire and Rescue Tyne and Wear Fire Plan 2027-30: Have Your Say by 4 Dec Tyne and Wear's fire service wants your views on its 2027-30 risk plan by 4 December: what the plan covers, what the chief fire officer says and how to reply. · 4 min read Spanish City STACK Whitley Bay Shelved: Empress Ballroom Permissions Stay STACK has dropped its Empress Ballroom venue at Spanish City. The planning permissions belong to the building's owners and remain in place: what happens next. · 4 min read Monkseaton Monkseaton Checked From London by a Woman and Her AI A Londoner and her AI assistant checked Monkseaton's shop and school listings from afar, starting on Front Street on 1 October. Now they are in Sunderland. · 5 min read Metro Whitley Bay Metro Closure: No Trains 24 Oct to 1 Nov Trains return to Whitley Bay on Monday 2 November, but Tynemouth to Wallsend stays shut until 5 November for bridge repairs. Bus 900 runs until Sunday. · 4 min read Planning Murton Gap 2,700 Homes: New Plans, 503 Objections So Far Persimmon has filed revised plans for Murton Gap and admits the scheme misses the new national density rule near Metro stations. Comments close 31 October. · 5 min read Environment Tyne Nurdle Spill: 5.14 of 17.92 Tonnes Recovered Experts say most of the rest is out in the North Sea and full recovery is not achievable. Councillors want an independent review of every agency. · 6 min read Business Whitley Bay Butcher Nicholsons Wins Gold for Sausage and Pie Nicholsons on Park View won two golds and three silvers in the National Craft Butchers awards. The category champion titles went elsewhere. · 3 min read Food and Drink North Tyneside Food Hygiene: 52 of 53 September Ratings a 5 52 of North Tyneside's 53 September food hygiene ratings were 5s, 13 in Whitley Bay. One Wallsend greengrocer got a 3. Every venue, listed by area. · 5 min read St Mary's Island St Mary's Island Causeway to Be Replaced, Shut Summer 2027 The council has applied to tear out and recast the 1960s causeway to St Mary's Island. The crossing would close from May to August 2027. Comments are open to 15 October. · 5 min read Community Whitley Bay Big Local Gets Alcohol Licence for Events Councillors granted the Whitley Road community hub a licence for alcohol and recorded music, 9am to 11pm, with new conditions on CCTV and the garden after 9pm. · 3 min read Tynemouth Tynemouth Outdoor Pool: Council Rejects 2-Year Rescue Plan Councillors voted down a two-year plan to test whether Tynemouth Outdoor Pool can reopen. The 2016 planning application is still awaiting a decision. · 5 min read Wallsend Wallsend Town Centre: £6m Plans Open for Views to 8 Nov A new Forum Square, a segregated West Street cycleway and new High Street crossings: have your say on Wallsend's £6m street plans by 8 November. · 2 min read Whitley Bay North Tyneside 10K 2027: Entries Closed, Race on 28 March North Tyneside 10K 2027 entries have closed, nearly five months early. The only way in now is an official transfer before 26 February. Race day: Sunday 28 March. · 6 min read Planning North Tyneside Planning: Home Bargains Bid at Dudley, 20 New Home Bargains' owner wants a store at Dudley, Morrisons Whitley Bay plans 218kW of rooftop solar, and five townhouses for North Shields: all 20 new bids. · 3 min read Whitley Bay Whitley Bay New Companies: Toy Shop and Takeaway Among 14 14 companies registered in Whitley Bay from 5 to 24 September: a restaurant, a takeaway, a café, a toy retailer and an event caterer. Plus one court petition. · 2 min read North Shields Open Quay North Shields: 20+ Venues Open Free This Weekend More than 20 studios and galleries from the Fish Quay to Howard Street open free on 26 and 27 September, 11am to 4pm. Maps are out from 23 September. · 3 min read Wallsend Silverdale School Wallsend May Move to Forest Hall Site North Tyneside is consulting until midnight on 25 October on moving Silverdale School's primary pupils from the Langdale Centre to Delaval Road, Forest Hall. · 5 min read Environment Tyne nurdle clean-up changes course two months on Suction machines are out and more local labour is in as the insurer-funded nurdle recovery enters a new phase. Seven drop-off points stay open on the coast. · 4 min read North Tyneside North Tyneside house prices: second record at £205,744 The borough average rose £12,527 in a year to £205,744 in July, nearly six times England's pace. Semis led at 7.8% while flats managed just 3.4%. · 3 min read Jobs North Tyneside claimant count 4,330 in August, up 205 4,330 people in North Tyneside claimed unemployment-related benefits in August, up 205 in a year, yet only two North East councils have a lower rate. · 3 min read Council North Tyneside beach dog bans set to stay until 2029 Only 54% backed the summer beach dog ban in a 618-response consultation, but the council plans to keep all three public space orders until October 2029. · 4 min read Great North Run Great North Run Metro: Which Stations Shut on Sunday Jesmond, Manors and Chichester close for crowd control on Sunday 13 September, Haymarket is exit only until 10.40am, and A19 slip roads shut at Lindisfarne. · 4 min read Whitley Bay New Whitley Bay Estate Agent Opens at 232 Park View Greetham Gilbert's Whitley Bay branch is open on Park View, run by Isabella Stewart, with no sales fee for its first 25 qualifying sellers. The terms. · 2 min read Planning North Tyneside Local Plan: 1,130 Homes North of Whitley Bay Green Belt fields at Brier Dene Farm and south of Hartley Lane would take 1,130 homes under the final draft plan. Comments are open until 12 November. · 5 min read Tynemouth Tynemouth RNLI Crew Member Runs Great North Run in Full Kit James Waters will run Sunday's half marathon in full RNLI kit, and has already beaten his £1,000 lifeboat fundraising target with more than £1,160 raised. · 2 min read Dudley Annitsford Farm: Wildlife Trust Objects to 310-Home Plan Homes England wants up to 310 homes on farmland at Dudley. Northumberland Wildlife Trust and 16 residents object, and the council targets a decision by 23 October. · 6 min read Cullercoats Dove Marine Laboratory: Public Entrance and Bridge Planned Newcastle University wants a new public entrance, exhibition space and footbridge at Cullercoats' Dove Marine Laboratory, backed by a £336,971 Lottery award. · 4 min read Food and Drink North Tyneside Food Hygiene: Every August Rating Was a 5 All 28 food hygiene ratings published for North Tyneside in August were 5s, from a Front Street deli to a Wallsend chippy. The full list, venue by venue. · 4 min read Whitley Bay Keegan's Entertainers Reunite at Whitley Bay Playhouse Five of Kevin Keegan's Entertainers share memories of the late Newcastle manager at Whitley Bay Playhouse on 18 November, hosted by Sky Sports' Pete Graves. · 2 min read Tynemouth Dolphin Tynemouth Reopens After £168,877 Refit The Dolphin on King Edward Road is open again after a £168,877 refit by licensee Charlie Paterson and Admiral Taverns: bigger bar, new lounge, new menu, weekly quiz. · 3 min read Tynemouth Tynemouth Food Festival: 5-6 Sept, £5, Kids Free Tynemouth Priory hosts the food festival on 5 and 6 September, 10am to 5pm. Tickets £5, under-16s free, and the nearest parking is capped at two hours. · 3 min read North Tyneside North Tyneside House Prices Hit Record £203,813 The borough average reached an all-time high in June, up £11,579 in a year. Northumberland next door rose fastest in England and is now the dearer place to buy. · 4 min read North Shields North Shields Fish Quay: 138 Homes, No Affordable Ones Officers back 138 flats and houses on the old Tyne Brand site tonight, with zero affordable homes and £587,051 of contributions waived on viability. · 8 min read Schools Monkseaton High School closes 31 August: what happens now Monkseaton High School closed for good on 31 August 2026. Where certificates, references and records come from now, and which schools took its pupils. · 6 min read Schools Free school meals North Tyneside: new rules from September Every child in a Universal Credit household qualifies for free school meals from September, whatever the parents earn. North Tyneside families should check now. · 5 min read Jobs North Tyneside claimant count hits 4,450, up 295 in a year 4,450 people in North Tyneside claimed unemployment benefits in June, the most since February 2025, with the rise sharpest among under-25s and over-50s. · 3 min read