Hello and welcome to the breaking news blog for Tuesday, February 6, 2018.
We will be bringing you regular updates throughout the day of all the breaking news and sport.
We have pictures, video, tweets and comments covering the latest Newcastle and North East traffic, weather forecasts, crime and council news too.
It’s Katie Collings here and I’ll be keeping you updated on what’s going on across the North East including the latest on the roads for the rush-hour.
If you would like to get in touch with us today about any breaking news, here are my details:
Phone: 0191 201 6144
Email: katie.collings@trinitymirror.com
Twitter: @KCollingsNews
Busy on the Felling Bypass
Traffic is also now queuing on the A184 Newcastle Road westbound at the Felling Bypass.
Heavy in Sunderland
Traffic is heavy on the A1018 Wearmouth Bridge southbound.
Watch: Today's forecast
Here’s what’s in store:
Moving well at Heworth
It could get busier soon due to the roadworks:
Coast Road queues
Heavy at Seaton Burn
Traffic is heavy on the A1 southbound at Seaton Burn Roundabout.
Breakdown on the A1
One lane of the A1 Western Bypass southbound is blocked and there’s queuing traffic due to a broken down lorry around Lobley Hill Interchange.
Heroic passers-by raced to save woman
Heroic passers-by raced to save a woman in her 60s who was hit by a bus in Newcastle city centre on Monday.
The incident, which happened at around 12.20pm, involved a Stagecoach bus turning left from New Bridge Street on to John Street.
Northumbria Police confirmed she sustained “potentially life-threatening injuries”.
Witnesses report the woman was bleeding heavily from the head but quick-thinking members of the public responded to give her a fighting chance at recovery.
A doctor who happened to be close by rushed to give CPR to the injured pedestrian and was assisted by another member of the public, who spoke to ChroniceLive.
The woman, who did not want to be identified, said:
“We had just turned the corner and the crossed the road when my boyfriend heard a bang.
“There was a lady lying in the road and somebody was already calling an ambulance when we saw what had happened.
“A man who was a trained doctor was luckily close by and started doing mouth to mouth on the lady.
“I had some first aid training a few years ago and offered to help him by doing chest compressions.
“She was blue and unconscious but her pulse and colour started to come back and by the time the ambulance arrived she had started to come round.”
Read the full story here.
Today's weather forecast
The Met Office says:
“Occasional snow is expected at first, with some slight accumulations likely. During the morning, this snow will gradually ease, with sunny spells becoming increasingly prolonged. However it will remain cold throughout, with a brisk northwesterly breeze developing. Maximum temperature 2 °C.”
Get in touch
If you would like to get in touch with us today about any breaking news, here are my details:
Phone: 0191 201 6144
Email: katie.collings@trinitymirror.com
Twitter: @KCollingsNews
Good morning
Hello and welcome to The Chronicle’s live breaking news blog.
We will be bringing you regular updates throughout the day of all the breaking news and sport.
It’s Katie Collings here and I’ll be keeping you updated on what’s going on across the North East including the latest on the roads.
