Local Councils: Tyne &  Wear Council Web Site (If Available) Gateshead  Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/ Hetton  Town Council Newcastle  upon Tyne City Council http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ North  Tyneside Council http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/ South  Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/ Sunderland  City Council http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Tyne  & Wear Fire & Civil Defence Authority