On Friday 24 October, North Shields Fish Quay is brought to life in a special evening of film, music and storytelling ...

Luan Hanratty’s Black Middens Rum takes its name from a notorious underwater reef that has sunk countless ships at the mouth of the Tyne. His initial run of 50 bottles of the 40% proof booze is ...

Now that was an era of iconic stars. We’re talking about the mid 1970s when TV detective Kojak was winning millions of fans ...

When famed farmworker photographer David Bacon started working for the United Farm Workers as an organizer in the 1970s, ...

The Dolly Peel in Commercial Road featured in a Shields Gazette story which told how it was set to reopen with live music, ...

His agent said 'we are all the richer to have known him' in a heartbreaking statement sharing the sad news DURING his ...

A Sunderland academy star is impressing during a loan spell with National League North neighbours South Shields. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited ...

The collection comprises autumn-ready jackets, made with Barbour’s technical expertise and injected with Smith’s vim in terms ...

A bomb disposal squad was sent to an industrial estate over fears that what police called a "small handmade device" was being stored there. Businesses around Portberry Street in South Shields, close ...

There is currently an ongoing police incident in South Shields, with a bomb disposal team in attendance at an industrial estate. An area of Portberry Industrial Estate has been cordoned off by ...

Sunderland academy defender Oli Bainbridge has enjoyed a positive start to his loan spell with National League North leaders South Shields. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, ...

Charity Daft as a Brush has submitted plans to install the Ray Lonsdale statue in South Shields Plans have been submitted to install a statue celebrating a World War Two hero in a park. Cancer charity ...