Safety concerns at a pedestrian crossing have been raised - a year since worries about near-misses at the spot were first ...

A North East local authority is preparing to deliver a wide range of neighbourhood improvements following a significant new ...

Councillors have called for rapid progress to deal with crumbling concrete on a key River Tyne crossing, amid ongoing ...

Gateshead Council has unveiled a new £230,000 pothole repair machine as part of a multi-million pound investment plan to improve the area’s roads. The new piece of kit, named the Pothole Pro, can ...

Now work has been done on the worst lit streets, Gateshead Council will base its next phase of improvements on feedback ...

Gateshead Council has urged its residents not to oppose plans to open new care facilities for children in need ...

Council officers have called for the refusal of an industrial battery unit on a Dunston and Teams brownfield site ...

Satisfaction with street cleaning is at 30% and road and pavement maintenance at 16% and 19% respectively, but 70% were happy with bin collections. Just over half of residents said they were satisfied ...

A woodland project in Gateshead is set to create tens of thousands of new trees. Gateshead Council is investing in a new 33-hectare woodland south west of Blaydon, thanks to funding from the Trees for ...

Tackling the poor oral health of food bank users should be part of a council's anti-poverty strategy, a report has found. Research found "horror stories" of people in Gateshead performing their own ...

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