Transport

Eagle-eyed social media users noticed that the road had bright green crash barriers and a green bus.

Three of its large ships have technical faults and four other ferries are away for scheduled maintenance or repairs.

The airport hopes to add long haul flights and accommodate an extra three million passengers a year.

The service between North and South Shields has been off since late January.

A link road connecting the boroughs is set to be built - 70 years after it was first called for.

Trains were delayed across the Tyne and Wear Metro on Thursday morning, according to Nexus.

A solution for the new Tyne and Wear trains' air conditioning systems is ready to be rolled out.