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In the run-up to the general election, the Guardian video team is touring the UK looking at issues that matter to communities. As Labour faces pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap, we spoke to people in Gateshead, which has some of…

Lennox Lewis will stop at the recently-reopened Gateshead Leisure Centre on his UK tour in November

Kerry McCrudden, who was jailed for three years after starting the blaze at her Gateshead home, now wants to turn her life around

The bag contained around around £200, along with an iPhone, the victim’s bank cards, driving licence and car keys

The Government's housing delivery target is a "blunt instrument" and not reflective of local conditions, say Gateshead Council chiefs

We spoke to voters in Jarrow and Gateshead East to get their views ahead of the general election

Liam Simpson, of Gateshead, torched a bin store at the back of a supermarket in the early hours of the morning causing thousands of pounds of damage

The petition asks for the Rowlands Gill stretch of the A694 to be lowered to 30mph in the interests of safety.

The former football coach was nicknamed the 'Beast of Bensham' after his 2015 conviction

Mason Maxwell, 34, who changed his name from Kane Hutchinson and originally from Gateshead, has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of a string of sex offences against children

Classic Ibiza will take over Gateshead Stadium in September with DJs, live orchestra and vocalists confirmed

The delivery driver's daughter has told how she had only recently rekindled her relationship with her dad before he was found stabbed to death in Gateshead

The 25-year-old was jailed for 18 weeks after admitting a public order offence and driving while disqualified

The 67-year-old had served the Bridges ward since being elected onto Gateshead Council in 2007

Gillian Weatherstone, 40, hurled homophobic abuse at police officers and assaulted another

The council has let go one roofing contractor following a review, as roofing repair pressures climb.

Bosses at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead confirmed they had been dealing with rats and maggots

Jack Thompson and his family were supported by Young Lives vs Cancer, after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour as a baby

Our then-and-now photographs show the Central Bar on Half Moon Lane, Gateshead, in 1978 and 2024

The listed building - which featured recently in filming of an episode of Vera - has been acquired by regeneration firm Capital & Centric