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Balaclava-wearing men drive hearse onto football pitch in Gateshead

A hearse and a Subaru drove on the pitch at Dunston’s UTS Stadium and spun around in circles before men wearing balaclavas got out

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Football match abandoned as men wearing balaclavas drive hearse on to pitch

A hearse and a Subaru drove on the pitch at Dunston’s UTS Stadium and spun around in circles before men wearing balaclavas got out.

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Dunston v Gateshead friendly abandoned after masked men drive hearse onto pitch

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Newcastle United legend tries his hand at new sport to help old supporters

Bob Moncur has become a big supporter of the Sporting Memories charity - including having a go at new pursuits.

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Gateshead shop raider laughed and pulled 'crazy faces' after threatening to slit worker's throat

Andrew Lamb, of Gateshead, said he raided the Costcutters shop in Dunston out of desperation and so he was sent to prison and could get help for his alcohol addiction

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Three illegal Albanian immigrants jailed after £800,000 cannabis farm found in Dunston

Police stumbled upon the industrial scale cannabis farm in Dunston after arresting a man in Newcastle and seeing a live stream of it on his phone

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Meldrum Group appoints seven directors and creates brand new company

The Dunston group has launched new company Meldrum Fire Engineering Ltd

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Teenage girl injured after being hit by car in Dunston with road closed off

The teenager has been taken to hospital after sustaining injuries after being knocked down by a car on Colliery Road

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The history of Dunston Staiths to be depicted in stories, photographs and poems

Young people can win £100 prizes in a series of creative competitions focusing on the historic industrial structure that sits on the River Tyne at Dunston

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Woman dragged from car in dimly-lit Gateshead restaurant car park by drug-hungry robber

Alan Hutton, of Dunston, left the woman traumatised after striking as she left the restaurant in Low Fell with her friend

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'We can’t go anywhere else' - Swimming clubs fear they will fold if Dunston pool shuts down

Two successful clubs would be left without a home if Dunston Leisure Centre cannot be saved from closure

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Passionate members of Dunston community have their say on potential closure of their leisure centre

Dunston Leisure Centre faces the possibility of closing its doors for good

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AC/DC's Brian Johnson turns 75: From Gateshead schoolboy to rock superstar

Born on October 5, 1947, in Dunston, Gateshead, Brian Johnson was singer with Tyneside band Geordie, before joining rock supergroup AC/DC in 1980 and finding instant fame and fortune

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Gateshead 22-stone 6ft 8 brute sat on partner and punched and choked her while making death threats

Kevin Cavanagh, of Dunston, set upon his partner after she threw his phone out of the window because he confiscated her device

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Historic Dunston Staiths to be celebrated in hidden stories, songs, films and photographs

A grant from Historic England will help young people connect with the region’s industrial past by funding a new project focussing on Dunston Staiths

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Bike passenger Muriel Pinkney, 74, dies in hospital after Dunston collision between police car and motorcycle

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an investigation into incident in Dunston, Gateshead

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Two remain in hospital seriously injured after Dunston collision involving a police car

Officers are now looking for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage following the collision on Dunston Bank involving a police car

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Three taken to hospital after collision between police car and motorcycle in Dunston

The A1 Western Bypass Southbound exit slip road remained closed for several hours

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Heartbreak as Dunston mum discovers lump in neck is cancer just months after terrifying Covid fight

Bobby-jo Willoughby wants to raise awareness of thyroid cancer after being unlucky enough to have cancer after a terrifying bout of Covid

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Gateshead woman hailed a hero after saving the lives of two siblings in space of four years

Angela Rowe, who manages the Dunston Activity Centre, saved the lives of the two youngsters after performing CPR

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Gateshead son stabbed his dad in bed while telling him he 'deserved to die'

Christopher Bruce, of Dunston, had moved in with his dad after repeatedly assaulting his mother and only good luck saved him from very serious injury

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Dunston chef with 'incurable' cancer to feed refugees on Ukraine border fleeing war with Russia

Mark Gibbons, who has blood cancer, will travel to a Ukrainian refugee camp to cook for those fleeing the war

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The Gateshead primary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted inspectors

Schools in Bensham, Whickham, Low Fell, Ryton, Byermoor, Leam Lane, Low Fell, Dunston and Birtley are among those rated Outstanding by Ofsted

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