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ASBO PEST ... James Carlo Wilson is back behind bars.

Asbo pest jailed for ignoring ban - for 8th time!

An Asbo pest has been jailed after breaching his town centre ban – for the eighth time.

Pervert sent lewd texts to girl, 14

A PERVERT who sent lewd text messages to a 14-year-old girl he had befriended on the internet will be sentenced next month.

TOWN HOPES? ... Wouldhave House, above, and a pub, below, one of the suggestions for the future.

The end is nigh for town centre eyesore

THE death knell for a blot on South Tyneside’s landscape will be sounded next week.

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New traffic wardens ‘will be firm but fair’

‘TICKET-happy’ traffic wardens could be a thing of the past for drivers as council chiefs promise a new “firm but fair” partnership with a leading charity.

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GRAFTER ... Fred Bryden who walks every day from Marsden to Bede's World, where he is a volunteer litter-picker.

Selfless Fred’s a walk-a-holic!

PENSIONER Fred Bryden is a walking miracle.

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Sport

Pardew wary of old Toon foe Poyet

BOSS MAN ... Brighton manager Gus Poyet guided the club to promotion last season.

HIGH HOPES ... Tim Krul's eyeing a run in the FA Cup this season.

Toon ace Krul’s FA Cup dream

TIM Krul dreamed of winning the FA Cup as a kid growing up in Holland – and he’s looking to turn that dream into reality.

Sunderland boss eyes Portugal ace Hugo Almeida

SUNDERLAND are weighing up a bid for unsettled Besiktas targetman Hugo Almeida.

SWANSEA TARGET ... Watford's Adrian Mariappa.

Swansea set to steal Watford defender from under Newcastle’s nose

SWANSEA City look set to trump Newcastle United in the race to sign Watford defender Adrian Mariappa, with a £3.5m bid.

GOT THE BOTTLE... Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew.

Pardew won’t gamble with FA Cup

ALAN Pardew will give the FA Cup respect it deserves – and field his strongest Newcastle United side tomorrow.

Sunderland fans trying the break through the police wall, erected across Hay Street, Sheepfolds after yesterdays derby match with Newcastle.

Wall of steel will keep Sunderland and Middlesbrough fans apart

POLICE are warning football fans to behave ahead of an FA Cup derby clash this weekend.

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Video

Have you won a free Big Night Out? Watch our slideshow! video

NOTHING beats a Big Night Out with your mates – and you can win not one but TWO every week with The Shields Gazette.

Lifestyle

A Dickens of a challenge for Simon Callow

CUSTOMS HOUSE DATE ... actor Simon Callow.

Inspiring kids to learn through Olympics

CHILDREN in South Tyneside are being inspired to learn through the Olympic Games.

ROMAN AROUND ... playwright Ed Waugh at Arbeia Roman Fort, armed with his radio.

Sitcom Romes in for slot on the radio

A SITCOM penned by a South Tyneside playwright and his writing partner is set to hit the airwaves.

X Factor winners Mix with TV royalty

X FACTOR winners Little Mix enjoyed the star treatment at the National Television Awards last night.

SOLO HOPES ... Minnie, lead singer from Minnie and the Victors, is going it alone.

End of the road for Minnie and the Victors

A POPULAR South Tyneside blues band are signing off.

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Big Country to tour classic debut album

ONE of the biggest rock bands to come out of Scotland in the 1980s are hitting the road to tour their classic debut album.

Community

Divided opinion over Cookson branding change

HARSH CIRCUMSTANCES...Catherine Cookson in what was by then the ruins of East Jarrow in the 1970s.

WOOLLY MATTERS...a South Shields tradesmens side in the 1920s, with friend.

Tradesmen’s team had their own Demba Baa!

OH dear, this makes you think, not so much of who ate all the pies, but who was IN all the pies!

WATER VIEW...James Cleets sketch of the old Roman well below the Lawe. (Photo: Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums).

Well, well, well, look at this!

IT was probably the original source of water for the Roman fort in Shields and was still capable of giving up a clear, pure supply more than 1,500 years later.