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Tynemouth

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A young man and woman lying prone on grass, sunbathing. He is wearing dark shorts and she is wearing white ones. Both are flat on their backs with their left arms across their respective chests. she has her right leg raised with a bent knee.

School shorts and safety warnings as sun returns

Top tips and PE kits greet the latest soaring temperatures across north-east England and Cumbria.

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A sea view featuring a curved pier in the distance with a short jetty in front of it. A vessel, possibly a dredger, lies between them. In the foreground is a road and low buildings in front of a strip of sandy shore. The weather is sunny, with broken high cloud and a large flat cloud prominent in the foreground.

Blooms and rainbows greet summer's start

BBC Weather Watchers share images of meteorological summer breaking in the North East and Cumbria.

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A number of items of lost property found on Tyne and Wear Metro trains. They include a folded scooter, a basketball, a tent and a windbreaker, both in packaging, a badminton racquet, a bag containing umbrellas and a crutch, plus a Mickey Mouse soft toy sitting on top of a Christmas Tree in a box.

'Weird' Metro lost property sold for charity

Items including Christmas trees, walking sticks and clothes go on sale at Tynemouth Market.

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A drawing created by John Lennon and artist Stephen Verona featuring a knight, bishop and rook chess pieces - the word 'and' written in white inside a blue coloured quotation speech bubble and five drafts pieces.

Lennon drawings go on display at Beatles museum

The pop art images were used in a promotional film to accompany The Beatles hit I Feel Fine.

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Borthers Euan and Andrew. Euan is clean shaven with short fair hair and has his arm around his broehr, who is clean shaven with short dark hair.

Surf survival brothers complete RNLI run challenge

Euan and Andrew Gray have run a half marathon everyday in May to thank their RNLI rescuers.

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The cream slightly faded exterior of Tynemouth Branch Library. Books can still be seen on shelves through the windows. A bench has been placed outside near the bottom of an accessibility ramp to the front door.

Library demolition hope years after closure

One North Tyneside councillor calls the building "a derelict eyesore in the heart of Tynemouth".

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A tractor reverses a trailer carrying a lifeboat into sea at Cullercoats. There are people on the beach but it is not full.

RNLI teams faced 'verbal abuse' over parked cars

The RNLI calls for awareness of the dangers of inconsiderate parking after crews were blocked in.

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A view over Tynemouth beach with the sand packed with people. Some are walking around the empty old outdoor swimming pool in the foreground. Others are venturing into the sea. It is a sunny day with hundreds of people enjoying the sun.

Drunk teenagers make beach rescues 'intimidating'

Volunteer life brigade staff respond to many calls for help at Tynemouth and South Shields beaches.

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Euan and Andrew stand side by side smiling at the camera, with a yellow beach and blue sea behind them. Euan has brown hair and is wearing a green fleece. Andrew has black hair and is wearing a grey hoody beneath a navy body warmer.

'I survived by floating, now I hope to save others'

The RNLI is urging people to follow Euan Gray's example by floating until help comes.