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Yahoo
01-06-2025
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Tyneside stories you may have missed this week
From a sausage roll honour, to a stolen pit pony statue and a car recovered from the tide - here are some stories from Tyneside you may have missed this week. A sculpture of a Greggs sausage roll has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds. The London attraction has said the famous Geordie snack is the first food item to go on display in its own right. It elevates the snack to the level of a British cultural icon, sitting along celebrities such as Shakespeare and David Attenborough. Read more on this story here. A car submerged by the tide near the Holy Island causeway was recovered 50m (164ft) away from the road. Chris Mason, a worker who helped recover the car, said he had never seen one swept that far away before. "It just shows you how much the tide can pick a car up and shift it." The owners were located by Northumbria Police safe on the island shortly after the report was received, Seahouses Lifeboat Station said. Read more on this story here Families who had to leave their homes to make way for a project to widen part of the A1 in Northumberland, said they had "been through hell" as they saw their properties "left to rot" unnecessarily. The National Highways agency spent more than £4m on the purchase of houses and land in the way of the scheme, but the government scrapped the plans in October 2024. Melanie Wensby-Scott sat in her car and cried on the day she and her husband left Northgate House, which sits right next to the road not far from Morpeth. "When they first came round I said I didn't want to move and they basically said I had no option," said Mrs Wensby-Scott. "It was just awful to know you were going to lose your home." Read more on this story here A mystery sculptor has erected a bronze statue of a pit pony in place of a stolen one that served as a memorial to miners in Ryhope, Sunderland. The original was was cut down to its hooves and stolen in August 2024, while an identical statue at the other end of the village was sliced down by thieves in 2021, with nobody ever traced for either theft. The new bronze-coloured, fibreglass effigy appeared on one of the concrete plinths welcoming visitors to the village on Friday morning. Councillors previously estimated it could cost £34,000 to replace each original, and that the council faced "financial pressures". Read more about this story here Newcastle United's Dan Burn, who scored a gold that helped his team seal the historic Carabao Cup win in March, has been presented with the Freedom of Northumberland. The Blyth-born defender was hailed a "Northumberland legend" as he collected his home county's highest honour. Burn said he was "quite emotional" after receiving an ornate scroll, medal and tie decorated with the Northumberland flag, in a special ceremony at County Hall. "It's a real honour, especially for just playing football," he said. Read more about this story here Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
27-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Holy Island causeway rescue after submerged car found
A car has been found submerged 50m (164ft) from Holy Island Lifeboat Station said it was called to reports of a car stranded at about 14:45 BST on Northumberland-based lifeboat crew located the vehicle underwater following the rising tide and searched it for identification to pass on to the Humber refuge hut was empty but while searching, the crew was informed Northumbria Police had located the owners safe on the island, the lifeboat station said. Seahouses Lifeboat Station said the conditions were "blustery" and coastguard rescue teams from Holy Island, Berwick and Seahouses were also involved in the search. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
