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Gateshead

American  
[geyts-hed] / ˈgeɪtsˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in NE England: seaport on the Tyne River opposite Newcastle.


Gateshead British  
/ ˈɡeɪtsˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a port in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: engineering works, cultural centre. Pop: 78 403 (2001)

  2. a unitary authority in NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 191 000 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)

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Gateshead council use heat from water in flooded mines to heat hundreds of homes.

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Kate Osborne, the Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East, said she had been contacted by more than 700 people with "horror stories" about the level of student debt they had built up.

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As part of Gateshead's Festival of Compassion, Lili Myers said she wanted to show people "there is life after losing someone".

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The events were organised by Compassionate Gateshead in partnership with community charity Edberts House and the palliative care team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

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His dad had been running since he was 18 and was a member of Saltwell Harriers, in Gateshead, and suggested he joined too so that he would have a new outlet.

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