Owen Humphreys’ journey into press photography started while he was still at school and got a job as Saturday tea-boy at the Derby Evening Telegraph. “I soon moved into the dark room, back in the days of film,” he recalls. “I would help the staff photographers print their pictures as they arrived back from assignments. …
Northumbrian Water has released an interactive map which allows members of the public to track potential overflows of sewerage. The map provides real time information on storm overflows across the North East in an effort to allow people to make “informed choices” about how they use rivers and coastal waters. Storm overflows are designed to …
A crucial travel route in Durham is set to benefit from a £2.5 million cash injection for better walking and cycling facilities. The funding will concentrate on the one-and-a-half mile stretch between the Arnison Centre and New College Durham at Framwellgate Moor. Durham County Council has secured funding from Active Travel England to deliver improvements …
Huge business decisions invariably come drenched in a bucket load of ‘have we done the right thing?’ But it was the sight of a roe deer munching contentedly on fresh spring leaves before summoning her two fawns that husband-and-wife brewers Sam and Red Kellie decided they had chosen the right location for their First & …
The handwritten entry in the Edwardian date reminder book simply states for November 1: “1914, saved 50 lives hospital ship Rohilla.” It is, says Dorothy Brownlee, one of the few discernible signs of the pride her grandfather felt in having played a pivotal role in one of the early 20th Century’s most heroic, headline-grabbing sea …
If flashy West End musicals are at one end of a theatrical spectrum, then GIFT (Gateshead International Festival of Theatre) must reside at the other. Somewhat typical of its offer is MANUAL, a 40-minute “clandestine” (according to the programme) performance for one library visitor at a time. It was devised by Canadian theatre artists Adam …
Believe it or not, long before Whitley Bay became a gentrified coastal retreat for wealthy retirees and post-pandemic millennials, it rivalled Newcastle’s infamous Bigg Market as a melting pot for no-holds-barred partying. During the hedonistic 80s and 90s, when it came to letting your hair down in Whitley, the gloves — and just about everything …
Do you remember what you were doing or where you were on Thursday November 4, 2004? It was an important day in our region’s history — but it could have been an historic one. We were asked to vote on whether we wanted an elected North East Assembly. Scotland and Wales already had a devolved …
Maybe Mel O’Connor can see the future… as well as a way forward for world class athletes to significantly improve their eyesight and move more efficiently. It’s 20 years since the North Tyneside-based entrepreneur hatched his idea for revolutionising professional sport but that long-term vision is finally paying off. “We’re ready to do this for …
It turned out to be a lucky break when Mandy Fall entered a competition run by a holiday cottage company. Entrants had to submit a picture of their dog, and in Mandy’s case that was Suzi, her white Highland terrier. The image won Mandy a week’s holiday at Seahouses in Northumberland — the first time …
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