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- A last-ditch attempt to save four South Tyneside’s primary schools from the axe looks to have failed. Labour councillors are being recommended to close St Bede’s RC Primary in Jarrow and Boldon C of E School, and merge Bedewell Primary and Lukes Lane Community schools on Hebburn Comprehensive School’s site. [Shields Gazette]

- Police emailed the personal details of suspected criminals to 150 farmers. Members of the Northumberland Farm Watch scheme were stunned when they opened the message to discover the names, dates of birth and addresses of dozens of alleged offenders. [The Journal]

- Gateshead Council says it has no plans to sell an original model of Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North after it became the first £1m object to feature on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. [Design Week]

- Brave-hearted volunteers are needed to take a Boxing Day dip into the chilly waters at South Shields seafront. It has become a tradition which attracts dozens of charity champs every year, and volunteers are again needed to take the plunge and raise much-needed cash for St Clare’s Hospice in Jarrow. [Shields Gazette]

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