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Surgeon runs entire Tyne and Wear Metro route in ‘first’

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Alice Townend, a surgeon who lives in Tyneside, has become the first woman to run the full length of the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Shocking footage of a person narrowly missing being hit by a train travelling at over 100 mph has been released by Lumo and Hull Trains.

Shocking footage of a person narrowly missing being hit by a train travelling at over 100 mph has been released by Lumo and Hull Trains.

Half of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new train fleet is now in operational service, just one year after introducing the first of the new trains.