The aluminum producer cites challenging market conditions for the closing of its Birtley, United Kingdom, extrusion plant. Hydro says ongoing weak market activity continues to tighten aluminum scrap ...

Birtley fire recap: Horror blaze seen for miles as thick black smoke billows into air The fire was believed to be at the former AEI cable factory in Birtley.

News North East News Birtley Birtley fire: What we know so far after major blaze breaks out at Gateshead industrial unit Firefighters and police officers descended on an industrial unit in Birtley ...

Birtley fire LIVE: Updates as firefighters battle ongoing blaze at industrial unit What appears to be a major fire has broken out in an area of Gateshead ...

Birtley Community Pool re-opened six months ago, after locals got together and raised money to re-open this well loved community space.

Birtley community pool is making waves A community swimming pool is celebrating a successful first Easter holiday season following a volunteer-led reopening and a wave of local support. Birtley ...

Barchester’s Appletree Grange care home in Birtley is proud to provide a much-needed pit stop for all local emergency services.

Police have seized more than 200 cannabis plants after thermal images picked up by a police helicopter showed heat radiating from a property's roof… ...

A community swimming pool saved from permanent closure by a £400,000 fundraising effort has reopened. Gateshead Council closed Birtley Swimming Centre in July 2023 due to budget cuts. Volunteers ...

Fleets that are part of the Climate Group’s global EV100 initiative are collectively operating 630,000 electric vehicles – a 57% year-on-year increase.

Corporate electric vehicle adoption appears to be going from strength-to-strength worldwide, with companies signed up to the global EV100 initiative having collectively added another 231,000 ...