Sunderland-based Hays travel to cut more than 870 jobs

Teesside Airport has announced it has had to cancel its planned summer Alicante route because of the ongoing impact of the Coronavirus outbreak.  

Teesside Airport 'disappointed' over cancelled Alicante service

Grand Central had gone into a self-imposed closure due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Grand Central relaunch rail services with more north east routes

Runswick Bay has taken the top spot in a list compiled by The Times of the best beaches in Britain.

North Yorkshire's Runswick Bay wins title of Britain's best beach

The DFDS King Seaways sails on the River Tyne past North Shields fish Quay, as it returns to service carrying passengers from Amsterdam for the first time since the beginning of lockdown.

The first ferry carrying passengers from Amsterdam to North Shields docked in the Port of Tyne on Thursday morning, following the lifting of quarantine restrictions. The daily service to the Netherlands has been reintrodudced. 

Ferry services between Amsterdam and the Port of Tyne resume

Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.


Hays Travel to recruit 700 apprentices and travel agents

P&O Cruise's Oceana has been docked in the Port of Tyne's Northumbrian
Quay since the beginning of June.

170 cruise ship crew members in North Shields to stay on board for three months

John and Irene Hays, of Hays Travel, spoke to ITV News Tyne Tees about the ongoing Coronavirus crisis and the impact on their business.

880 Hays Travel staff on zero-hours contracts as company loses £400,000 a day

It means all additional peak hour services between Pelaw and Monkseaton or South Gosforth will be cancelled.

Tyne and Wear Metro to run reduced timetable due to coronavirus

Ryanair joins easyJet and Jet2 in cancelling or restricting flights to and from Spain 

Ryanair joins easyJet and Jet2 in restricting flights to and from Spain

A1M northbound between Chester-le-Street and Washington has reopened after it was fully closed due to a leaking hydrogen tanker. 

A1M northbound between Chester-le-Street and Washington has REOPENED

It follows several weeks of disruption and cancellations during December as the operator rolls out a new fleet of trains.

Further cancellations to TransPennine Express trains until the end of January

Days after a total shut down of the Tyne and Wear Metro service, more strikes have been announced for 6-7 January 2020.

More Metro strikes planned for the New Year

One of the busiest routes across the River Tyne will close for at least two weekends to allow major repairs

New year closures of Tyneside's Redheugh Bridge

Michael Mitten from Newcastle is traveling 111 kilometers on foot to the South Pole, 10 years after an expedition to the North Pole.

Tyne Tees Travel