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A man has died in a three-vehicle crash in Gateshead.

Happy birthday to the iconic Tyne bridge, opened on 10th October 1928 by King George V and Queen Mary, who were the first to use the roadway travelling in their Ascot Landau.
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Stone the crows. And everybody else too, probably.
Just a fortnight after a cannabis farm was found growing in a second floor flat in Gateshead, police have now discovered an entire house filled with plants and equipment.

- Former Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce claims owner Mike Ashley only bought the club to make a big profit. Ashley has put Newcastle up for sale and Allardyce, who was sacked in January, said: “It is crystal clear now what the motives were for Mike Ashley.”

In the words of Professor Hubert J Farnsworth (look it up), good news, everyone!
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Daisy Green may sound like a rosy-cheeked farmer’s daughter who seems innocent enough until she starts necking the cider. She’s not. She is in fact somewhat more inanimate - a fashion magazine that launches here in Newcastle on Thursday.

- Four people have been arrested after a man was found dead from a suspected drugs overdose in Stanley Street, North Shields, on Friday evening.