Councillors have approved the demolition of a defunct library to make way for an affordable housing development. Gateshead Council's planning committee unanimously green-lit proposals to tear down ...

The architect, Arthur Stockwell, was also responsible for the nearby Shipley Art Gallery When Gateshead Central Library opened on 31 March 1926, it was an immediate hit with users. In its first ...

A section of woodland behind Gateshead Central Library was taped off and a tent was erected in the area. Northumbria Police is treating the man's death as suspected murder and a full investigation ...

A former Gateshead Library faces demolition to make way for a new affordable housing development. The former Sunderland Road library, which has been vacant since 2017, could be demolished if ...

Gateshead Council said people were "struggling ... fines can be a barrier to people joining and retaining their library membership. "For many residents the possibility of financial penalties ...

Now, Birtley library on the outskirts of Gateshead is offering a listening ear to people living with the menopause. Staff are holding a monthly menopause café; a chance for women - and men - to ...

The free exhibition, at both the Baltic and The Gallery at Gateshead Library, opens on 19 October and runs until 1 December.

PROPOSALS for 53 houses have been submitted to Gateshead Council’s planning department for a new Almshouse development on the site of a closed library and recreation ground. Plans for the new ...

Fines for overdue library books have been scrapped in Gateshead amid cost of living pressures. Penalties for late returns were paused in March 2020 at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic but ...