A group of local entrepreneurs have launched a brand new cultural space in the centre of South Shields - transforming a historic building into a venue for creativity, performance and community events.

A former Wilko store is to be turned into an art gallery and studio in an attempt to give artists an affordable space to work. The vacant retail unit in Market Place, South Shields, has been taken ...

Plans for a flats development in South Shields town centre have been blocked by council development bosses over noise fears.

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