1. Monkseaton Drive is world's longest artwork
(News/Whitley Bay)

An artwork on Monkseaton Drive is listed in the new edition of the Guinness Book of Records as officially the world's longest artwork.Since the erection of the artwork 7 months ago, residents have

2. Shock as Whitley Bay man eats lampposts
(News/Whitley Bay)

There was shock amongst the close knit community of Whitley Bay in the early hours of this morning when a drink crazed youngster decided to try and chew every lamp post in his street.The teenager, to

3. Whitley Bay to be sold off to bail out cash-strapped Council
(News/Whitley Bay)

...al tourists. East Jesmond residents can now look forward to the introduction of a new type of sleek black lamppost which actually comes on at night, railings that are painted properly so that they d...

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

...ster 2002.It has just been announced that the entire display of Christmas Lights which were sellotaped to 6 lampposts in Whitley Bay on Christmas Eve are to be taken down just before Easter this year....

5. Bin Laden sighting in Whitley Bay Nightspot
(News/Whitley Bay)

...ress. Mr Bin Laden ended the night cuffed to a bench on the Central Prom (he would have been chained to a lamppost but the sole lamppost on the sea front which was left unchopped by the Council for ...

6. Council implement security lighting
(News/Whitley Bay)

... check no one has seen him. "Thirdly - it doesn't solve the fundamental problem that most of the lampposts in Whitley Bay have been chopped down anyway." ...

7. Massive Earthquake Rocks Whitley Bay
(News/Whitley Bay)

...I never thought I'd say this, but I owe my life to the Council. If they hadn't chopped down all the lampposts on my street I'd have been flattened as soon as I walked out." The earth...

8. Appeal to save Local Landmark
(News/Whitley Bay)

...hen it'll just have to go. No doubt about that - we'll just chop it down like all the other lampposts", a spokesperson told the Whitley Bay Citizen. But undeterr...