The countdown to Christmas officially began in South Tyneside as East 17 switched on South Shields' light display

South Shields Christmas market attracts just one stall

South Shields Hospitality and Hope food bank appeal for generosity this Christmas

South Shields Christmas Parade 2022

The aftermath of a house fire in Seton Avenue, South Shields, early on Christmas Eve morning

South Shields Christmas light switch on 2021

South Shields great grandad Stanley Harrison unwraps his Christmas present

South Shields Christmas light switch-on 2022

South Shields celebrities - Famous people who were born in South Shields

PCC Kim McGuinness, South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck and Coun Doreen Purvis speaking to residents and business owners on Whiteleas Way in South Shields

The North Shields v South Shields lockdown party

Shields Gazette News - Man investigated on suspicion of supplying counterfeit prescription drugs

A preview from the new Mouth of the Tyne podcast from the Shields Gazette

The Shields Gazette Pub of the Year Winner 2019

Shields Gazette - Campaign group protests against “backdoor privatisation” of the NHS

Shields Gazette News - Pupil’s poem voted top in national competition to win online reading package for her whole class

Shields Gazette News - Children look to save lives in the community with defibrillator fundraiser

Shields Gazette - Fundraising legend Colin Burgin-Plews raises money for hospice that cared for his mother

Shields Gazette Spooky Snaps 2019 - how to send us your pictures AND videos

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A brrrr-illiant tradition: the Boxing Day Dip in Sunderland

Sunderland Boxing Day Dip 2019

We ask South Shields residents what their favourite park in the borough is

St James' STACK under construction

Launch event of new pet shop Tasty Tails

Five things to do in South Tyneside - April 22-27 2024

Inside Hospitality in South Tyneside - watch on Shots!TV

South Tyneside headlines 17 April 2024: 'Brute' jailed after £20k 'revenge' blaze at ex-girlfriend's home

We asked South Shields their favourite places to eat and drink in the town

Three houses raided in South Shields and beyond amid Cannabis crackdown