A new Lidl will open in Shieldfield after winning the backing of councillors. Newcastle City Council has approved planning permission for the supermarket on a patch of vacant land in Stoddart Street.

Seeds sowed on the streets of Newcastle have produced the first wheat to be harvested on Tyneside in centuries, giving a community cause for celebration. Bakers at the Big River Bakery, in Shieldfield ...

This story was submitted to the BBC People's War website by Tim Ford on behalf of Laura Harrison and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the BBC Peoples War ...