0 a metropolitan county (= an area of England that includes a large city area and had its own local government until 1986) in northeastern England:
There are, she says, around 71,000 households on council waiting lists in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and County Durham.
A grant to monitor cycle usage has been made to the joint transport group in Tyne and Wear.
The archaeologist for Tyne and Wear museums said he hoped to uncover more of the wall on Shields Road in the next few days.
