https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and the North Tyneside coast.en-GBSun, 04 Oct 2026 07:08:27 +0000https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/nicholsons-butchers-national-craft-butchers-awards-2026/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/nicholsons-butchers-national-craft-butchers-awards-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNicholsons on Park View won two golds and three silvers in the National Craft Butchers awards. Category champions are named on 12 and 13 October.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-food-hygiene-september-2026/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-food-hygiene-september-2026/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000News52 of North Tyneside's 53 September food hygiene ratings were 5s, 13 in Whitley Bay. One Wallsend greengrocer got a 3. Every venue, listed by area.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/st-marys-island-causeway-replacement/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/st-marys-island-causeway-replacement/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council has applied to tear out and recast the 1960s causeway to St Mary's Island. The crossing would close from May to August 2027. Comments are open to 15 October.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-big-local-alcohol-licence-granted/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-big-local-alcohol-licence-granted/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors granted the Whitley Road community hub a licence for alcohol and recorded music, 9am to 11pm, with new conditions on CCTV and the garden after 9pm.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/laura-bradley-addicted-to-love-whitley-bay-library/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/laura-bradley-addicted-to-love-whitley-bay-library/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnLocal artist Laura Bradley shows Addicted to Love, oil paintings on love in its many guises, on Whitley Bay Library's first floor from 6 to 15 October.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whats-on-whitley-bay-this-month/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whats-on-whitley-bay-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnDom Joly on 11 October, the steam railway's gala from £12 on 24-25 October, half-term pumpkin trail, and free fireworks on The Links on Sunday 1 November, 7pm.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tynemouth-outdoor-pool-motion-defeated/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tynemouth-outdoor-pool-motion-defeated/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors voted down a two-year plan to test whether Tynemouth Outdoor Pool can reopen. The 2016 planning application is still awaiting a decision.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-this-weekend-26-27-september/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-this-weekend-26-27-september/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnFree Open Quay studios in North Shields, Joe McElderry and burlesque at the Playhouse, plus Tynemouth market: times and booking links for 25 to 27 September.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-christmas-bin-collections/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-christmas-bin-collections/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoFriday bins on Christmas Day go out on Sunday 27 December; New Year's Day bins move to Saturday 2 January. Every other day stays the same across North Tyneside.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-school-term-dates/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-school-term-dates/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoNorth Tyneside schools break up Fri 23 Oct and 18 Dec 2026. King's Priory breaks a week early in October. Every holiday, plus INSET days for three big schools.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-christmas-travel/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-christmas-travel/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoLast time there was no Metro or bus on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. Boxing Day's bank holiday is Mon 28 Dec 2026. Free weekend parking and what's due.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-new-years-eve/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-new-years-eve/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSpanish City's New Year's Eve: a family sitting at Trenchers from 3.30pm (from £33), a £95 1910 dinner, and a masquerade ball to 1.30am. Balances due 1 October.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tynemouth-priory-winter-opening/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tynemouth-priory-winter-opening/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnTynemouth Priory goes weekends-only from 2 November, 10am to 4pm, with extra days at New Year and February half term. Off-peak adult £7.65 booked ahead.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/wallsend-town-centre-improvements-consultation/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/wallsend-town-centre-improvements-consultation/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA new Forum Square, a segregated West Street cycleway and new High Street crossings: have your say on Wallsend's £6m street plans by 8 November.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-10k-2027-entries-open/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-10k-2027-entries-open/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNorth Tyneside 10K 2027 entries have closed, nearly five months early. The only way in now is an official transfer before 26 February. Race day: Sunday 28 March.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-planning-this-week-21-september/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-planning-this-week-21-september/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHome Bargains' owner wants a store at Dudley, Morrisons Whitley Bay plans 218kW of rooftop solar, and five townhouses for North Shields: all 20 new bids.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-new-businesses-september-2026/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-new-businesses-september-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News14 companies registered in Whitley Bay from 5 to 24 September: a restaurant, a takeaway, a café, a toy retailer and an event caterer. Plus one court petition.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-roadworks-travel/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-roadworks-travel/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoSandringham Drive and Beach Avenue Lane are shut for up to 12 days, Metro is running again to Monkseaton, and a Coast Road slip road closes from 26 October.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/open-quay-north-shields-studios/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/open-quay-north-shields-studios/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMore than 20 studios and galleries from the Fish Quay to Howard Street open free on 26 and 27 September, 11am to 4pm. Maps are out from 23 September.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/silverdale-school-forest-hall-move/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/silverdale-school-forest-hall-move/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNorth Tyneside is consulting until midnight on 25 October on moving Silverdale School's primary pupils from the Langdale Centre to Delaval Road, Forest Hall.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/creedence-clearwater-review-whitley-bay-playhouse/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/creedence-clearwater-review-whitley-bay-playhouse/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe CCR tribute band plays Playhouse Whitley Bay on Saturday 24 October, 7.30pm to 9.50pm, a year after its first date there. Running times, rules and booking.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tyne-nurdle-clean-up-new-phase/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tyne-nurdle-clean-up-new-phase/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSuction machines are out and more local labour is in as the insurer-funded nurdle recovery enters a new phase. Seven drop-off points stay open on the coast.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-house-prices-july-2026/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-house-prices-july-2026/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe borough average rose £12,527 in a year to £205,744 in July, nearly six times England's pace. Semis led at 7.8% while flats managed just 3.4%.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-claimant-count-august-2026/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-claimant-count-august-2026/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News4,330 people in North Tyneside claimed unemployment-related benefits in August, up 205 in a year, yet only two North East councils have a lower rate.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-beach-dog-ban-pspo-extension/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-beach-dog-ban-pspo-extension/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOnly 54% backed the summer beach dog ban in a 618-response consultation, but the council plans to keep all three public space orders until October 2029.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/great-north-run-2026-metro-closures/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/great-north-run-2026-metro-closures/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJesmond, Manors and Chichester close for crowd control on Sunday 13 September, Haymarket is exit only until 10.40am, and A19 slip roads shut at Lindisfarne.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/greetham-gilbert-park-view-whitley-bay/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/greetham-gilbert-park-view-whitley-bay/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsGreetham Gilbert's second branch is open at 232 Park View under manager Isabella Stewart, waiving sales fees for its first 25 qualifying sellers.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-local-plan-final-proposals/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/north-tyneside-local-plan-final-proposals/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsGreen Belt fields at Brier Dene Farm and south of Hartley Lane would take 1,130 homes under the final draft plan. Comments are open until 12 November.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tynemouth-rnli-great-north-run/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/tynemouth-rnli-great-north-run/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJames Waters will run Sunday's half marathon in full RNLI kit, and has already beaten his £1,000 lifeboat fundraising target with more than £1,160 raised.https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-remembrance-sunday/https://whitleybaynews.co.uk/whitley-bay-remembrance-sunday/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnConfirmed: Whitley Bay's parade is 3pm on Sunday 8 November at The Links, with roads shut from 2.15pm. The council's 2026 order lists all eight borough events.