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Shields Gazette

The Shields Gazette is the United Kingdom’s oldest regional evening newspaper and is sold from Monday to Saturday in the town of South Shields and the surrounding area, including Jarrow, Hebburn, Whitburn, and the smaller towns of Cleaburn and the Boldons.

It was founded in 1849 as a weekly under the name the North and South Shields Gazette, but switched to evening publication on the lifting of stamp duty in 1855.

It’s published by Northeast Press Ltd (part of Johnston Press) from their South Shields office and printed on the same presses as the Sunderland Echo. Prior to the Johnston Press takeover in 1999, it had been part of Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers for seven years.

It’s a tabloid. There are two editions: the Jarrow & Hebburn edition and the Final. There are special features for each day it’s published:

  • Monday: Gazette Goals
  • Tuesday: Today
  • Wednesday: Jobs/Tyne Out
  • Thursday: Property
  • Friday: Motors
  • Saturday: Weekend

An associated freesheet, the South Tyne Star, ceased publication in late February 2011.

  • Address:
  • Shields Gazette
    Northeast Press
    Chapter Row
    SOUTH SHIELDS
    NE33 1BL
  • Tel:
  • 0191 427 4800
  • Fax:
  • 0191 417 0864

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