South Shields

She had a friend whose father worked in an advice centre in South Shields, and one day she inquired: "Martha's dad comes home from his parliament every night, why doesn't mine?"

Chris Mullin: Member of the house 2011

She's not exactly a trendy young comic – instead, she's a proudly ordinary woman from South Shields who's more likely to be found at home on the sofa in pyjamas than staggering out of a nightclub.

This week's new comedy 2011

In doing so, the South Shields MP was intervening in one of the NHS's most complicated ongoing issues: which of England's 11 children's heart surgery units should remain in operation, and which should close?

Radical change in the NHS is essential 2011

Northumbria Police said a 39-year-old man was held on suspicion of assault after a fight broke out before the Christmas performance at Harton Primary School in South Shields, near Newcastle.

Father's finger bitten off in brawl before school nativity play 2011

Paul Bidwell suggests that their purpose was to provide water for religious ceremonies conducted in the principia, and cites the example of the fort at South Shields where the well was built at the same time as the shrine of the standards, before the rest of the building was constructed Bidwell 1997 p 71.

Location of the seventh-century church in York Carla 2010

Paul Bidwell suggests that their purpose was to provide water for religious ceremonies conducted in the principia, and cites the example of the fort at South Shields where the well was built at the same time as the shrine of the standards, before the rest of the building was constructed Bidwell 1997 p 71.

Archive 2010-01-01 Carla 2010

But a former neighbour, Brian Johnson, 27, of South Shields, South Tyneside, said Moat was "no hero".

Raoul Moat funeral attracts more than 100 mourners 2010

There have been suggestions that the South Shields MP may abandon domestic politics since he was defeated by his brother, Ed, in the Labour leadership battle.

David Miliband dismisses talk of Washington move 2010

Paul Bidwell suggests that their purpose was to provide water for religious ceremonies conducted in the principia, and cites the example of the fort at South Shields where the well was built at the same time as the shrine of the standards, before the rest of the building was constructed Bidwell 1997 p 71.

The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010

One of the friendships Nell made was with a teenager from South Shields, in the North East of England.

Family of the Heart Belinda 2009