Sam Fender admits he’s ‘still figuring out’ how to handle fame and fortune as he puts the finishing touches to album number three. The North Shields singer-songwriter, who turned 30 in April, has landed back-to-back number one records and sold out St James’ Park — twice. But as Sam wraps up the follow-up to Seventeen …
North East employers should be more creative in their approaches to recruitment and retention as they seek to fill the region’s growing skills and people gaps. That’s the key message to come out of a regional summit bringing together industry leaders with a shared mission to identify sector-wide trends and challenges. Education providers, SMEs and …
A joint initiative to plug Tees Valley’s construction skills gap has won warm praise with three trainees on the cusp of taking their first steps into the industry. Esh Construction and Middlesbrough College joined forces to deliver the Constructing Careers programme. With a remit to ‘engage, enable and excite’ underrepresented groups, by teaching entry level …
The North East of England is at a pivotal moment with the impending establishment of a new Mayor and Combined Authority. This development comes amidst a landscape of both promise and challenge. While the region boasts burgeoning commercial and residential developments, there exists a stark reality of economic inequality and social deprivation. Despite the skyline …
Two men were responsible for the lifelong love affair/affliction* which has been my relationship with a football club. The first was my dad. He would be left with his two children to look after each Saturday as my mother went out to a part-time job to supplement my father’s wage as a pitman. My father, …
SYCAMORE GAP CHARGES: Two men have been charged in connection with the felling of the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland. The pair were arrested last October and Northumbria Police confirmed they had been on bail since then. Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Cumbria, have been charged with criminal damage and …
A leading North East advocate for people with neurological conditions has accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of penalising unpaid carers who look after their loved ones and setting them up to fail. Carers from across the region are being forced to repay the government after breaking earning rules set by the DWP, …
The cutting down of a tree in Northumberland seven months ago triggered shock and dismay not just in the UK but in countries around the world. It was, of course, not just any old tree, but the iconic Sycamore Gap view on Hadrian’s Wall which had vanished. Sharing in the shock was David Breeze, Roman …
It has been voted as the nation’s favourite painting, features on the £20 bank note and is going on show for the first time in the North East. JMW Turner’s 1839 portrayal of The Fighting Temeraire will be the centrepiece of an exhibition, Turner: Art, Industry, Nostalgia which runs from May 10 to September 7 …
It won’t surprise anyone who knows me — or where I came from, genes-wise — to hear that more often than not, the direction of these columns is pretty much decided as the deadline looms. Sometimes they’re shaped by a song on the radio; or prompted by a post I’ve seen on social media. Other …
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