A 75-minute drive from Newcastle up the A1 and then the A697 will take you to Cornhill-on-Tweed in north Northumberland. There’s a roundabout on the outskirts of the village where the A697 and A698 meet. Take the first left and you’ll find yourself driving up Cornhill’s Main Street past the Collingwood Arms Hotel, the shop …
Anyone who tore through Steve Chambers’ first thriller has had to wait quite a long time for his second — 11 years, to be exact. Worth the wait, though, I’d say. The Dark Months, set mostly in rural Northumberland and full of tension and lethal skulduggery, is that publisher’s dream, a page-turner. There’s a precedent …
At the end of a 380km three-day bike ride from Newcastle to Birmingham, Dr Heather Lambert still had enough puff to conduct a series of interviews with journalists. Media duties completed, she then joined hundreds of cyclists in Ride For Their Lives — an annual event that sees healthcare professionals campaign for cleaner air by …
Is it a Post Office or is it a bank? The people of Newton Aycliffe seemed confused by the County Durham’s town’s latest addition to the high street. Situated in the old TSB branch on The Parade, the Banking Hub, complete with Post Office branding, is being hailed as a solution to the avalanche of …
Most Tuesdays Hugh Welch can be found pounding the streets of Tyneside as a keen member and founding father of the Muckle Runners. After a busy working day, those keen to wind down and clear their heads ditch the business wear and don their trainers for a weekly dash that’s become central to reinforcing the …
The UK’s media regulator has found GB News guilty of breaching the UK’s ‘due impartiality’ code in five separate programmes. This brings the total violations for the news channel to 12 in the last 18 months, with eight investigations underway. Despite repeated infringements, Ofcom has not sanctioned the channel or threatened to revoke its broadcast …
The founders of a charity that helps to provide safe drinking water to people in need across the globe have revealed how Prince William asked to know more about a life-changing scheme. The heir to the throne is the latest convert to Grifaid and its groundbreaking water filters after he presented John and Gill Griffith …
It had to be a first. Never before, surely, within the beautiful debating chamber at Newcastle Civic Centre, has anybody raised the prospect of shrink-wrapping local residents. Feasibly it could have been mulled over as a punishment for some civic misdemeanour — non-payment of council tax, perhaps, or serial bus lane infringement. It might even …
A Northumberland astronomer is heading to the US next month to film a rare solar eclipse and beam it back live to the North East. Ellie MacDonald, 26, of Hexham, is travelling to Texas on April 8 on behalf of Kielder Observatory, the Northumberland attraction and educational charity. And clear skies permitting, she’ll capture the …
Nothing at all for Sir Matthew Bourne to worry about in Newcastle. Not on stage anyway. Back at the Theatre Royal for the first time since 2005, his Edward Scissorhands earned a standing ovation from a sell-out audience on opening night, probably the first of many during a run that extends into a second week. …
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