Newcastle news - petrol, parks and cockerels
By Paul Smith • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: news
- People living in Gateshead’s Henderson Road have been ordered by the council to get rid of their resident wandering cockerel, which was adopted by the street as a chick.
- A Jarrow robber who doused a good Samaritan in petrol then threatened to “roast him” and flicked a lighter in his face, has been jailed for almost six years.
- An award of £4.5 million from the Lottery fund to parks in Tyneside means that the Ouseburn parks - including Jesmond Dene and Heaton park - will see over £6 million invested in restoration projects and a new visitor centre.
- A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a woman on South Tyneside.
The Shoe Tree in Heaton Park by newcastlecentric.com on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
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