The Shop on the Corner There’s been a corner shop at 101 Addycombe Terrace since around 1908, when the properties in the northern part of Heaton were built. Omer Hayat and his family recently retired from the shop after serving the community brilliantly for 29 years. New owners Phillipa and Manjil are now developing it, …
Amanda Suddes is sat in her kitchen clasping a mug depicting Charles M. Schulz’s famous cartoon beagle, Snoopy, alongside the phrase ‘just be happy’. Given the topic under discussion, it’s hard to think of three less appropriate words to sum up her current feelings. She’s chatting about her late mother and father, Mary and Bob …
It somehow feels appropriate that Solar Capture Technologies, a small company with big ideas, is housed in the Brunel Building. Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the UK’s greatest innovators — a poster child of the Industrial Revolution — and as we strive to engineer a green industrial revolution today, it’s no exaggeration to …
About 15 years ago, I invented something which was pretty nifty. It was a piece of breastfeeding underwear which made every top a breastfeeding top, so new and nursing mums could get back into their favourite clothes while keeping their postnatal tummy comfortably wrapped up*. *Can’t tell you how easily the marketing spiel just tripped …
I’d first heard about no-code in 2019. Five years ago, I had an idea for a football-related app for fans to use for fun, during half-time match intervals. Unfortunately, the app didn’t whizz me into becoming the Geordie Bill Gates but I did build, albeit shabbily, a minimum viable product (MVP) using a no-code tool. …
The North East has stunning stretches of coastline to explore — but one Army veteran believes they can be a life-saver too. Gareth Howell spent more than 23 years in the Royal Signals, serving in such conflict hotspots as Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan. On leaving the Army, he admits he struggled — and so …
SpoGomi is not a sport many in the UK will be familiar with but that hasn’t stopped two Sunderland brothers and one of their girlfriends bagging the UK and World Cup Championship trophies for picking up litter. Jonathan and Alex Winship first heard about the unusual sport from Alex’s girlfriend, Sarah Parry, who works as …
As a parent of autistic children, writer Jill Franklin has spent many years seeing how they have been misunderstood while trying to find a way through systems which weren’t built with them in mind. “As the saying goes, if you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person,” she says talking about her award-winning …
Wildlife reserves along a Northumberland bay will be boosted by a £750,000 cash injection. The award from Defra and the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Species Survival Fund will restore habitats, enhance biodiversity, and improve access on Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s reserves at Druridge Bay including Hauxley, West Chevington, and East Chevington. It is the latest leap …
Council tax bills are arriving through letterboxes across the region while services that we used to take for granted are under growing threat. Most of us are being asked to pay an extra 5% to our local authority, the maximum permitted by central government, but there is less money to spend on libraries, road repairs, …
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