The Shields Gazette
A MUM is challenging a speeding fine after being caught twice on the same stretch of road in just over three minutes – despite stopping for a McDonald's takeaway in between.
Gill Whitmore is contesting a penalty of a fine and six points after she was clocked twice by a mobile camera doing 38mph in a 30mph zone in Ryhope Road, Sunderland.

Journal Live
NORTH councils are set to pocket thousands of pounds a month for not passing on a VAT cut in parking charges.
Parking chiefs say there is too much work involved in reprogramming the region’s several hundred parking machines to take account of the 2.5% cut in VAT announced last month.

Sunday Sun
THE Sheriff of Newcastle and three fellow civic dignitaries have been collared by the Sunday Sun after we spotted their limos illegally parked on the pavement.
We snapped the four chauffeur–driven vehicles outside St Nicholas Cathedral in Newcastle, where they were attending the Lord Mayor’s carol service.

The Northern Echo
AN inventor from the North-East has joined forces with an Indian lunar satellite company to launch his latest vehicle tracking technology. 
Dr Phillip Tann, who used his innovation prove to police he was not guilty of speeding, is to market his patented technology to the mass market.