Tyne and Wear

American

[weer] / wɪər /

noun

a metropolitan county in N England.

Tyne and Wear British

noun

a metropolitan county of NE England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. Area: 540 sq km (208 sq miles)

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Taylor has worked on the Tyne and Wear Metro for 49 years.

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As part of the rollout of new trains on the Tyne and Wear Metro ageing trains are being replaced with 46 new ones, at a cost of £362m.

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A Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said it also sent crews to help at the scene.

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After Samantha Madgin was murdered in Tyne and Wear in 2007, her sister Carly Barrett and mother Alison Magdin set up Samantha's Legacy to educate young people about the dangers of carrying knives.

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Jessica Thorpe, from Newcastle, was working as a nurse for the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust when she was suspended after a patient claimed she was pregnant with his child.

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