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Top story: Drink-fuelled Arsonist Jailed for 30 Months After Sparking £20,000 House Blaze and Terrifying Neighbours in Whitley Bay

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SHOCKING ACT

Woman Jailed for Public Sex and Weapon Possession Outside Whitley Bay Shopping Centre

FATAL ENDING

Tragic Fairground Death: Young Worker Corrie Lee-Stavers Dies After Horrific Accident at Spanish City

Whitley Bay Evacuated as Police Raid Cannabis Farm, 37-Year-Old Man Arrested

Wales Called to Protect Iconic Traditions in New UK Cultural Heritage Register

UK Governments Launch Drive to Protect Pantomime, Burns Night & More with UNESCO Heritage Register

Royal New Testament Manuscript Worth £800k Faces UK Export – Urgent Bid Needed to Keep Historic Treasure British

Rare Philip de László WWI Portrait of Indian Soldiers Faces UK Export Risk – Campaign to Keep £650k Painting Home

UK Government Champions Seven Historic and Natural Sites for UNESCO World Heritage Status

Rare Coleridge Ode on Slavery Worth £20,400 Faces Export Threat – UK Urged to Keep Priceless Poem at Home

North East Legend Neville Wanless Dies at 88 After Hip Fall

Drink-fuelled Arsonist Jailed for 30 Months After Sparking £20,000 House Blaze and Terrifying Neighbours in Whitley Bay

SHOCKING ACT Woman Jailed for Public Sex and Weapon Possession Outside Whitley Bay Shopping Centre

FATAL ENDING Tragic Fairground Death: Young Worker Corrie Lee-Stavers Dies After Horrific Accident at Spanish City

Whitley Bay Evacuated as Police Raid Cannabis Farm, 37-Year-Old Man Arrested

Wales Called to Protect Iconic Traditions in New UK Cultural Heritage Register

UK Governments Launch Drive to Protect Pantomime, Burns Night & More with UNESCO Heritage Register

Royal New Testament Manuscript Worth £800k Faces UK Export – Urgent Bid Needed to Keep Historic Treasure British

Rare Philip de László WWI Portrait of Indian Soldiers Faces UK Export Risk – Campaign to Keep £650k Painting Home

UK Government Champions Seven Historic and Natural Sites for UNESCO World Heritage Status

Rare Coleridge Ode on Slavery Worth £20,400 Faces Export Threat – UK Urged to Keep Priceless Poem at Home

North East Legend Neville Wanless Dies at 88 After Hip Fall

Drink-fuelled Arsonist Jailed for 30 Months After Sparking £20,000 House Blaze and Terrifying Neighbours in Whitley Bay