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Keepmoat adds to North East housing plans with £12m Throckley development

Cllr Jane Streather, the council's Cabinet Member for Public Health and Housing said: ”We're delighted to be working with our partners in delivering this innovative new development in Throckley, where the take up speaks for itself. Wylam Park is ...

A69 closed by accident at Throckley

The A69 eastbound at Throckley, Tyne and Wear, is closed with stationary traffic, owing to an accident involving two vehicles between the A6085 Ponteland Road / B6323 Ponteland Road and B6528 Hawthorn Terrace / Hill Head Road / Union Hall Road ...

Battle of Newburn almost thwarts outline plans for 73 home estate in Throckley

The site of an English defeat to the Scots nearly saw a new housing development on the outskirts of Newcastle getting its marching orders. In 1640 Edward Conway was defeated by Scottish forces at the Battle of Newburn, near Throckley, which resulted in ...

Miracle Throckley pooch survives 20ft drop down drainage shaft

But playful pooch Minnie bit off more than she could chew when she took a 20ft tumble down a drainage shaft. The one-year-old cockapoo needed a dozen fire officers, three fire engines and specialist rescue equipment to help her out of the tight spot ...

See the prize winning photos of Newcastle monuments taken by a Throckley dad

Friendly competition between father and daughter amateur photographers has seen both achieve success in the past in one of the region's leading picture competitions. Alan Warriner, 59, and 16-year-old Rebecca have both been runners-up in the Port of ...

Throckley great-grandmother celebrates her 104th birthday with a sing-a-long

Priscilla Parker, from Throckley, Newcastle, was born in 1911 - the same year the Titanic was launched. And as she turned 104 on Sunday, staff at Brooke House nursing home in West Denton gave her a birthday bash to remember. They held a special party ...

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