The same was true of Malcolm ; his agreement with the English king was followed by further raids into Northumbria, which led to further trouble in the earldom and the killing of Bishop William Walcher at Gateshead.

Scottish and Newcastle announced closure of the Tyne Brewery on 22 April 2004, in order to consolidate the brewing of beer and ale in the Federation Brewery site in Dunston, Gateshead, which was to pass to S & N with their £ 7. 2m purchase of the Federation Brewery.

On 12 July a recovery plan was announced which would involve selling off the financial services business to HSBC Bank plc, buying control of the Per Una range, closing the Gateshead Lifestore and stopping the expansion of its Simply Food line of shops.

The Office for National Statistics defines the town as an urban sub-division which largely shares the same boundaries as the historic pre-1974 County Borough of Gateshead.

The development includes the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, erected in 2001 which won the James Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2002.

Several major road links pass through Gateshead, including the A1 which links London to Edinburgh and the A184 which connects the town to Sunderland.

Various bicycle trails traverse the town, most notably the recreational Keelmans Way ( National Cycle Route 14 ), which is located on the south bank of the Tyne and takes riders along the entire Gateshead foreshore.

Other prominent routes include the East Gateshead Cycleway, which connects to Felling, the West Gateshead Cycleway, which links the town centre to Dunston and the MetroCentre, and routes along both the old and new Durham roads, which take cyclists to Birtley, Wrekenton and The Angel of the North.

Examples of UK practice include Staiths South Bank in Gateshead, which at over 600 homes was the largest newbuild home zone development in the UK at the time it received planning consent.

The northern end of Front Street used to be the start of the A6127, which is the road that would continue through Birtley, Gateshead, and eventually over the Tyne Bridge and become the A6127 ( M ) central motorway in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.

* A large-scale public artwork by Nayan Kulkarni, Nocturne, consisting of a moving kaleidoscope of light travelling along the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which carries the Metro between Newcastle and Gateshead, was inaugurated in April 2007.

Metro consists of two lines, the Green Line, which runs between Newcastle Airport and South Hylton via Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, Gateshead and Sunderland and the Yellow Line, which runs between St James and South Shields via North Shields, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay, then looping back on itself and going south via the city centre, Gateshead and Jarrow.

He later attended Breckenbeds Junior High School ( which closed in September 1996 ) then the Heathfield Senior High School ( also closed in September 1996 ), both in the Low Fell area of Gateshead.

In the following season they finished in the 23rd position – their lowest position in the entire League, and had to apply for reelection, which they passed as the League chose to drop Gateshead, who had finished above them, in favour of newcomers Peterborough United.

* 1984: Gateshead SIS / Tesco is first B2C online shopping and Mrs Snowball, 72, is the first online home shopper

A notable youth viol group is the Gateshead Viol Ensemble.

* October 6 – The great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead is ignited by a spectacular explosion.

It is relatively common in the North East of England and in recent years large numbers have appeared in the grass verges surrounding the Metro Centre in Gateshead.

The Scotch Corner to Gateshead section is, and opened in stages:

Emmanuel College is a secondary school based in Gateshead, England.

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

The town is becoming increasingly well known for several examples of iconic architecture such as the Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North, and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

The first recorded mention of Gateshead is in the writings of the Venerable Bede who referred to an Abbot of Gateshead called Utta in 623.

The earliest recorded coal mining in the Gateshead area is dated to 1344.

The town of Gateshead is situated in the North East of England in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, and within the historic boundaries of County Durham.

One of the most distinguishing features of Gateshead is its topography.

However, the administrative divisions of the larger Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead do not correspond to these borders, meaning the town is almost entirely indistinguishable from surrounding areas in regards to local governance.

Given the proximity of Gateshead to Newcastle, just south of the River Tyne from the city centre, it is sometimes referred to as being a part of Newcastle.

A resident of Gateshead outside the North East of England would most likely say they are from Newcastle, as it is largest and most recognized city in the region.

Gateshead is the home of the MetroCentre, the largest shopping centre in the European Union.

The Team Valley Trading Estate, initially the largest and still one of the largest purpose built commercial estates in the United Kingdom is located in Gateshead.

Gateshead is also home to a number of public art works, including the Angel of the North, one of Britain's largest sculptures, measuring 20 metres high with a 54 metre wing span.

It is visible from the A1 to the south of Gateshead, as well as from the East Coast Main Line.

In the 2001 Census, more than 10 % of people residing in the wider Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead stated that they practiced no religion.

In the 1958 / 59 season, Gateshead finished in twentieth ( 20th ) position at the end of the season, then the following season, the 1959 / 60 campaign, Gateshead finished the season even lower than the previous one, finishing in twenty-second ( 22nd ) position.

It was rebuilt in June 2005 and the structure, taller than the Angel of the North at Gateshead, is visible from as far as Winter Hill, Horwich, Greater Manchester.

National League Two-Despite winning more games and losing less games than Barrow but only winning 1 bonus point ( to Barrow's 5 points ) all season Oldham finished 3rd in National League Two on points difference behind Barrow who came 2nd and Gateshead who won the league, Oldham would again have to face the route of the play offs and like the previous year Oldham again reached the National League Two Grand Final, this time against Doncaster and like 2007 Oldham again lost to miss out on promotion to National League One losing 18-10 at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium, as a result of not gaining promotion to National League One coach Steve Deakin did not have his contract renewed.

Having inherited the country's first ever great barrel-vault roofed station, Newcastle Central, from its constituent the York Newcastle & Berwick railway, the NER during the next half century built by finer set of grand principal stations than any other British railway company, with examples at Alnwick, North Shields, Gateshead East, Sunderland, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Darlington Bank Top, York and Hull Paragon ; the rebuilding and enlargement of the last-named resulting in the last of the type in the country.

It lies on the B1426 Sunderland Road and the A184 Felling bypass, less than east of Gateshead, southeast of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and north of the city of Durham.

Felling, at latitude 54. 950 N and longitude 1. 564 ° W, lies less than south and east of Gateshead town centre on a bed of carboniferous sandstone and clay, interspersed with coal measures laid down around 300 million years.

The play off final against was played at Gateshead due to them finishing in a higher league position than Telford.