1. Writ issued to local newspaper
(News/Whitley Bay)

Readers of our rival local newspaper, the Incorrigible Extra, may have been forgiven for thinking that they were in fact reading the Whitley Bay Citizen when in this week's issue the sensationalis

2. A regeneration that is actually taking place...
(Editor's Blog/Whitley Bay)

Welcome back to the Whitley Bay Citizen, at our new home www.citizenextra.com. At the moment we are busy adding all the archive content from the original web site, and - even though we do say ours

3. Wanted
(Classified/General)

New joke urgently needed for local satirical newspaper. Our existing one is now very worn and nearly past its sell-by date. Contact: editor@citizenextra.com

4. Petition Generator
(Features/Whitley Bay)

Create your own petition to complain about the state of Whitley Bay! if(!isset($psubject)) else echo(" LET IT BE KNOWN THAT IF OUR DEMANDS ARE NOT MET WE WILL HARP ON ABOUT THIS FO

5. Welcome back...
(Editor's Blog/Global Editor)

We're back!  We did sort of promise we would be back soon, and in the true spirit of North Tyneside Council here we are a few years down the line making it look as if we're doing somethin

6. Call for a return to BST
(News/Whitley Bay)

Whitley Bay District Council is looking into the possibility of using British Summer Time all year round in order to save on electricity bills.Just 5 days after the UK returned to Greenwich Mean Time,

7. Blue Carpet for Whitley
(News/Whitley Bay)

In an attempt to imitate the fabulous success of Newcastle's Blue Carpet, the Whitley Bay Citizen can today reveal to you the location of Whitley Bay's own proposed blue carpet.Mayor Hammond O

8. Three-legged man bids for Big Brother 3 stardom
(News/Whitley Bay)

A three-legged Whitley Bay man has been whittled down to the last twelve Big Brother contestants, and he will be joining the other two-legged house guests when the show starts next Friday.Jake the Peg

9. Charity cycle ride detour forced by council ineptitude
(News/Whitley Bay)

Whitley Bay District Council’s continued reluctance and inability to solve the problem of the missing link in a major European cycle route has forced a charity bike ride to take a 4,000 mile det

10. Weed Uprooted
(News/Whitley Bay)

The scourge of the Whitley Bay Citizen’s letters page, the Scarlet Weed, has finally been uprooted after a lengthy investigation costing downwards of 10p.The Weed, now revealed to be a Mr H Hall

11. Charity Shop Shocker
(News/Whitley Bay)

An elite Council Task force has revealed the desperate shortage of Charity Shops in Whitley Bay.A two year in depth study, commissioned by Whitley Bay Council at a cost of £2.6M, has shown that

12. Newcastle Lego men to move to Whitley
(News/Whitley Bay)

Newcastle's infamous Lego men could soon be coming to Whitley Bay if local councillors get their way.The Lego men, which have long been derided in Newcastle as an ugly eyesore, are top of Whitley

13. Local Hero Gets Money Offa Safeways
(News/Whitley Bay)

A trip and a fall has turned out well for one local man.Ted Dunston, well known regular at The Avenue and former self-employed scaffolder, had his worklife cut short by 'accidentally' falling

14. Residents angry as man wants to turn house into 'mansion-like' palace
(News/Whitley Bay)

A Whitley Bay housing estate runs the risk of being turned into an upmarket suburb after it was revealed that a resident wishes to build an extension on his house.Angry neighbours living next to Mr T

15. Whitley wheelie in Oz
(News/Whitley Bay)

Viewers of BBC1's Neighbours were yesterday shocked to see one of Whitley Bay's very own wheelie bins in a starring role.A 20 second sequence in the Australian soap showed the three teenage ch

16. Blyth Residents find cunning plan to gain Whitley Bay Residency
(News/Whitley Bay)

Residents of Blyth Valley have found a cunning way to gain citizenship to Whitley Bay.The Plan has been leaked to the council by Blyth resident Barry Bethell and his partner Sophie Vickers, who are no

17. Congratulations! It's a Brie!
(News/Whitley Bay)

The maternity ward of Whitley Bay General Hospital was today thrown into confusion when Mrs Janice Bell gave birth to a most unusual baby.Mrs Bell (23) of Nutchester Grove, Hillheads, was rushed to th

18. New Bypass for Whitley Bay
(News/Whitley Bay)

A new Whitley Bay by-pass is set cause traffic mayhem in Tynemouth.Whitley Bay District Council has just announced plans to build a new bypass in recognition that there is now nothing in Whitley Bay w

19. Whitley Bay’s Dog Turd Department Gets Top Marks
(News/Whitley Bay)

The prestigious dog turd department of Whitley Bay District Council has just been awarded the maximum possible mark, 24/24, by the Quality Assurance Agency.Inspectors were particularly impressed by th

20. Christmas Decorations To be Removed
(News/Whitley Bay)

Whitley Bay Council has revealed that the Christmas Decorations and Lights are to be taken down before Easter 2002.It has just been announced that the entire display of Christmas Lights which were sel

21. Liquidators called in after £3m goes missing
(News/Whitley Bay)

Entrepreuners Fred and Roger Ginger have had the liquidators called in after their Bank, The WBBC became aware that they had fallen behind with payments of a £3m pound loan for the redevelopment

22. Nightclub in Alien Shock
(News/Newcastle)

A North East hotspot was yesterday revealed as being the hub of extra terrestrial activity in the Tyneside area.The club, Ikon, in Newcastle City centre was exposed after hard and dangerous work by th

23. It's Summer!
(News/Whitley Bay)

In a new bid to boost tourism, Whitley Bay District Council is scrapping autumn, winter and spring and replacing them with a quadruple-length summer.The changes will take effect immediately and will m

24. It's raining leaves!
(News/Whitley Bay)

In Australia in June 1962, residents of a small town in Queensland were amazed to find it was raining frogs. In April 1974, Parisians hurried to shelter from a shower of fish. Now, here in Whitley Bay

25. Whitley Bay Shopping : Consortium Reveal plans
(News/Whitley Bay)

A Consortium of well known High Street names has exclusively revealed plans for the Whitley Bay Shopping complex to go ahead within weeks.News has been filtering in from secret planning meetings that

26. Whitley Bay Citizen Poetry Competition
(Features/Whitley Bay)

Whitley Bay Citizen is working with Whitley Bay District Council to provide residents with a novel new way to give their views of the town in verse.Residents can send in their views of the town in the

27. No more standing clear of the doors
(News/Newcastle)

Nexus, the opertors of the Tyne and Wear Metro, have decided to dispense with the 'Stand clear of the doors, please' message and replace it with a more appropriate warning.Originally, only a l

28. Council To Sponsor Poetry Competition
(News/Whitley Bay)

Whitley Bay District Council is to sponsor a bold and exciting new poetry competition in a novel new initiative to encourage residents to give their views of the town.The eventual winner will be the p

29. Graffiti artists to be shot
(News/Newcastle)

Newcastle District Council has announced a controversial new initiative to shoot people who spray graffiti on the City's buildings.Councillors, residents and businnesses are sick of graffiti being

30. Nexus Sued Under Trade Description Act
(News in Brief/Newcastle)

After the proposal to add extra roads at Four Lane ends Metro Station and the residents collecting a petition for the name to stay the same. It was pointed out that in fact it shouldn't be called