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Tyne and Wear former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, and Sunderland. Tyne and Wear was abolished in 1986, and the districts became responsible for all services except police, fire, and civil defense, which are supervised jointly.

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Tyne and Wear was one of the six English metropolitan county councils that existed from 1974 until their abolition in 1986. Tyne and Wear is still used as a geographical description for the former council's territory, based upon Newcastle and Sunderland.

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