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File photo dated 21/05/13 of an Accident and Emergency sign. Twenty-four hours in A&E is "no longer just a documentary", leading medics have warned as figures show that almost 400,000 patients spent 24 hours or more in an emergency department in England last year. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said the very long waits are a "matter of national shame". Issue date: Monday September 25, 2023.

People from most deprived areas made a fifth of all A&E visits at Gateshead Heal...

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL A woman showing signs of depression.

More than 150 people in Newcastle and Gateshead are living with young onset deme...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings given to seven Gateshead establishments

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Gateshead road closures: four for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Gateshead takeaway handed new food hygiene rating

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on the plans for net-zero commitments in the briefing room at 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.

Less than one in 200 Gateshead homes have a heat pump – amid warnings of slow up...

File photo dated 27/11/19 of school children during a class at a primary school, as teaching assistants are taking second jobs or leaving education to work in better-paid roles amid cost-of-living pressures, a report by The National Foundation for Educational Research suggests.

Gateshead children worse at reading, writing and maths than before coronavirus p...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Gateshead Health Trust cares for 27 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

A general view of a domestic radiator room thermostat. Families across Great Britain will find out on Friday how tough energy bills will be this winter but they may have to wait to discover what the Government will do to help Picture date: Thursday August 25, 2022.

More elderly people in Gateshead received help to pay their heating bills last w...

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Gateshead house prices dropped in July

The hands of an elderly woman in Poole, Dorset.

More than 1,500 safeguarding concerns about vulnerable adult in Gateshead

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: six for Gateshead drivers over the next fortnight

File photo dated 11/05/18 of a car hitting a pothole on a road. Drivers are suffering from a surge in pothole-related breakdowns, new figures from the RAC suggest.

Less than 10 miles of Gateshead roads maintained in 2021-22 – as levels of road ...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Gateshead Health Trust cares for 33 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Gateshead establishment handed new food hygiene rating

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

Gateshead Health: all the key numbers for the NHS Trust in July

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Drop in visits to A&E at Gateshead Health Trust last month

A selection of one pound coins, two pound coins and bank notes

Gateshead wages outstrip inflation as UK real-terms pay steadies

PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 02/02/20 of a teenage girl with her head in her hands showing signs of mental health issues. More than 20% of referrals to children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) were rejected in 2022, figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show. Issue date: Sunday August 13, 2023.

Young women in Gateshead almost five times as likely to be hospitalised for self...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: almost a dozen for Gateshead drivers over the next fortnight

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Gateshead Health Trust cares for 19 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 12/09/18 of a teacher and students in a classroom, as the Government's plan for all state schools to deliver at least a 32.5 hour week has been pushed back by a year.

Back to school: Almost 100 appeals against school places in Gateshead last year

Wayhoh Reservoir in Edgworth, Lancashire. There has been almost no rain in England for the last three weeks, while many rivers in the north and West Midlands are notably or exceptionally low, new figures show. Less than one millimetre has fallen in the South East and North East since May 31, with the rest of England seeing no rain at all. Picture date: Thursday June 8, 2023.

Thousands of sewage overflows in Gateshead last year

Alex Sladen holding his new passport in front of members of the PCS union on the picket line outside the Passport Office in east London, as more than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working in passport offices in England, Scotland and Wales begin a five week strike as part of the civil service dispute. Picture date: Monday April 3, 2023.

Twofold increase in the number of multiple passport holders in Gateshead since 2...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Gateshead takeaway handed new food hygiene rating

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Good news as food hygiene ratings awarded to eight Gateshead establishments

File photo dated 14/11/17 of a person laying loft insulation. Barclays has extended its scheme to pay up to £2,000 to mortgage holders to help make their homes green as new research shows more than half of homeowners do not feel confident making their properties more energy efficient. Issue date: Thursday July 6, 2023.

Energy efficiency measures in low-income Gateshead households increased since Go...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Gateshead road closures: nine for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Gateshead Health Trust cares for 11 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 5,300 low-emission vehicles now registered in Gateshead

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Gateshead takeaway handed new food hygiene rating

Nearly 30,400 low-emission vehicles now registered in Tyne and Wear

Undated file photo of an electric car being charged, as the UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said.

Nearly 30,400 low-emission vehicles now registered in Tyne and Wear

File photo dated 19/08/2014 of a view of houses in north London. Annual mortgage repayments are set to rise by £2,900 for the average household remortgaging next year, according to a think-tank. As the UK's "mortgage crunch" deepens, total annual mortgage repayments could rise by £15.8 billion by 2026, the Resolution Foundation said. Stickier-than-expected inflation has raised expectations that the Bank of England's base rate-rising cycle, which started in December 2021, will continue for longer. Issue date: Saturday June 17, 2023.

Thousands of overcrowded homes in Gateshead

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove arrives at Downing Street in London. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will chair a Cobra meeting on the evacuation of British nationals from Sudan. Picture date: Tuesday April 25, 2023.

Multiple square metres of forest, open land and water in Gateshead developed upo...

An elderly person at a charity tea party in London.

No lengthy waits for Gateshead carers to make decisions for vulnerable patients,...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Gateshead takeaway handed new food hygiene rating

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: five for Gateshead drivers over the next fortnight

Road closures: three for Gateshead drivers over the next fortnight

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Gateshead Health Trust cares for 14 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

File photo dated 02/03/2012 of a math exam in progress at Pittville High School, Cheltenham. Teenagers across the country are waking up to their GCSE results in a year when the proportion of top grades awarded is expected to fall. Issue date: Thursday August 24, 2023.

Tumbling number of high performing GCSE students in Tyne and Wear

File photo dated 11/01/2018 of signage for the Home Office in Westminster, London. Afghan scholars studying in the UK under a Foreign Office scheme say they are living in fear of being forced back into Taliban clutches. Issue date: Monday August 14, 2023.

Gateshead gives refuge to dozens of Afghans

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