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The BBC reports that a teenager has been arrested after climbing the Tyne Bridge.

- A man had his car stolen after being threatened at knifepoint outside Temple Park centre car park in South Shields early yesterday morning.

Mystery surrounds the identity of a body found floating in the River Tyne earlier today.

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It’s festivaltastic in Newcastle and Gateshead right now, and it’s far from over yet.
As the flamboyant Vamos! comes to an end, SummerTyne picks up the batton to deliver a day of music on the banks of the river Tyne.

We’ve been talking about it for some weeks now and last night was the big event.
To mark the launch of the third SummerTyne festival, two riggers walked the length of the Bambuco bamboo bridge, lighting several hundred lanterns along its length.

Ah, the sensationalist headline. The Tyne bridge hasn’t been set on fire, but a bridge over the Tyne will be set on fire. Sort of.
Where are we going with this? To a decent photo opportunity, if you’re so inclined, when the SummerTyne festival kicks off tomorrow.

- A man in Kenton has torched his own house just weeks after he covered himself in petrol and threatened to turn himself into a human fireball.
- Hundreds of council workers have begun their 48 hour strike over a below inflation pay offer.