Tynemouth launched 54 times and rescued 63 people, while Hartlepool made 51 launches and rescued 61.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Lifeboat crews 'as busy as ever'

Ryan, 12, has prepared questionnaire to find what people at school think about the proposed ice-rink in Tynemouth.

BBC: November's Practice News Day

The independent King's School in Tynemouth wants to become an academy in September 2013, along with neighbouring Priory Primary School.

BBC: The King's School to merge with state-funded primary

Each year, the birds lay their eggs near the site of an old swimming pool on Longsands beach in Tynemouth.

BBC: Ducks crossing

Tynemouth has always been an aspirational place to live, but this will make it even more desirable and for me, that can only be positive.

BBC: The King's School to merge with state-funded primary

Barry Bell, one of the founders of the Friends of Tynemouth Pool, said that "a cracking team of people" had got together with the aim of bringing it back into use as a swimming pool.

BBC: Hot spring hope to restore Tynemouth Outdoor Pool