newcastlecentric

Don’t count on the Metro getting you anywhere on time today - that’s the message from Nexus for a second day in a row.

- A gang of thugs who left a South Tyneside dad severely brain-damaged have been jailed for a total of 29 years.

- The QE2 is returning to the River Tyne next week before departing on her final ocean cruise. First launched by the Queen in 1967, the famous vessel will be visiting the Port of Tyne next Wednesday.

-A web designer turned ufologist from Sunniside has written a book about how Governments are trying to keep secret the existence of aliens.

- Harton Technology College in South Shields has been forced to close its doors after about 40 staff fell ill with suspected food poisoning.

- Tragic news for those people losing their jobs, and a wonderful example of compassion going AWOL; post office workers in Boldon were left shocked after being told their branch was to close… in a letter through the post.

- A driver had a lucky escape after a rock was hurled at his windscreen as he drove through Boldon in the early hours of this morning.

The Evening Chronicle is reporting a 27 year old man was killed by a Metro train this morning.