Ryan Smith

5 days ago | shieldsgazette.com | Ryan Smith

South Tyneside residents are calling on Stagecoach to reverse changes to the number 12 bus service. A group of residents met in Marsden on Thursday, May 29, to share the negative impact that changes to the number 12 bus service is having on the local community. The number 12 was changed from a half-hourly to hourly service last month by Stagecoach, with service users highlighting that it has had an impact of residents on The Lonnen and the surrounding streets stranded and isolated.

5 days ago | shieldsgazette.com | Ryan Smith

Police have launched an investigation after recovering a “vehicle of interest”. The investigation comes as Northumbria Police were made aware of a ‘vehicle of interest’ travelling in the Jarrow area at around 9.30pm on Friday, May 30. Police were deployed to the area and the car was founded abandoned a short time later near to the King George Playing Fields. Officers recovered the vehicle from the scene and inquiries remain ongoing.

5 days ago | shieldsgazette.com | Ryan Smith

A Hebburn gym is now in a new location. Hebburn-based Viking Gym officially moved from its old location, on Prince Consort Road, to its new premises at the St James Mall on Saturday, May 31. Six years ago, husband and wife Dan and Dannii Pickstock moved to the North East and within two months, took a big risk by buying a ladies-only gym that was about to close down.

5 days ago | shieldsgazette.com | Ryan Smith

A Boldon reverend is set to take on the legendary Blaydon Race. Reverend Paul Barker, the local Rector of the Church of England churches in The Boldons, is set to take on the iconic Blaydon Race as he looks to raise funds for essential structural repairs to St Nicholas Church Hall, in West BoldonThe race, which will be Rev Paul’s first competitive run, is a 5.8 mile run from Newcastle to Blaydon, which is held each year on June 9.

1 week ago | msn.com | Ryan Smith

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