Landlords of more than 5,000 homes across Gateshead would be forced to undergo a 'fit and proper' persons test under plans to help tenants suffering from damp, mould, and other problems
Gateshead Leisure Centre is set to reopen in less than a month's time and its new manager is intent on making it a success after the "travesty" that saw it shut down last summer
Youssef Wynne, John Wandless, Kenneth Fawcett and Josh Hawthorn deny murdering Andrew Foster and a series of other offences and are standing trial at Newcastle Crown Court
The levels of recorded mumps cases in Gateshead per 100,000 sits at nearly three times the level of the whole of England and Wales, according to a council report