A MAN of the cloth has defrocked to re-enact an ancient ritual. The Rev Tom Jamieson swapped his vicar's robes for trunks to swim the River Tyne to raise money for the next phase of development at Holy Cross Church in Ryton, Gateshead.Read
A PENSIONER was killed after a blaze ripped through the home she shared with her elderly sister. Elva Fairless, believed to be in her early seventies, died after the fire broke out in her first-floor bedroom at her house on Windsor Terrace, Crawcrook, Gateshead.Read