Most stories, give or take a chronological tweak, hang on a narrative thread with a beginning, middle and end (usually an end, although there’s always the possibility of a sequel). It keeps things tidy and helps to answer the perennial question: “What happens next?” Nick Payne, in his celebrated two-hander premiered in 2012, resisted the …
A project to support adults into work across the region has been awarded £1.3m — one of the first schemes to get financial backing from the new North East Combined Authority. The Open Doors: Beyond Barriers project, led by Newcastle College, aims to offer individuals with tailored support plans, personal development activities and the next …
What was in the news on August 6, 1990? Over to the studio of GlobeLink News where the next bulletin is taking shape. Iraq has invaded Kuwait, there’s something about Alastair Burnet (youngsters had better Google) and the Queen Mother; and there’s a story cooking – or being cooked up – about crop circles. This …
A North East firm leading the charge in the pursuit of rogue energy companies fears ignorance could be the biggest barrier to success. Business Energy Claims hit the headlines in March when The QT told how the North Tyneside litigation experts took on global player Engie… and won. The BEC team helped to recover more …
Leah Kennedy knows it’s good to talk. In fact, had it not been for one chance conversation then her life — and career — could have taken a very different turn. “A girl I used to coach reached out to me a few months ago,” explains Leah, a former England netball international. “I hadn’t talked …
If you haven’t been to the Faith Museum, I can recommend a visit. Mine was a lightning one since I was allowed in a moment or two after the stipulated last entry time so many exhibits passed in a blur. But I know a good blur when I see one and sometimes ample time can …
The sun popped out last weekend. Cue long-sleeved shirt, jacket and irrational panic. I was properly baking as I headed to St James’s Park but at least those pesky UV rays couldn’t penetrate my multiple layers. Better sweat buckets than risk death. Seriously. Twenty years ago I was more gung ho. You’d even see me …
One Monday morning long ago, a young man called Charlie Rogers limped down Bensham Road in Gateshead, wincing as he went. Two days before, this ‘ageing left back’ (his description) was playing in a Cup-tie for Kibblesworth Colliery Welfare when he got ‘a hefty whack on an already dodgy left knee’. The doctor studied it, …
The Secretary of State for Business dropped a clanger this week, referring to Tory peer Ben Houchen as the Tyne Tees Mayor. It was a slip which drew the inevitable suggestion that perhaps the Conservatives weren’t really paying attention to the North. The Labour Party, on the other hand, confirmed it most definitely was paying …
Cross Wooler Water, a tributary of the Till, from the south and it’s impossible to miss the majestic Ad Gefrin museum and distillery, dominating the hillside to the left. As the modern embodiment of the Golden Age Of Northumberland, its imposing glass facade, mix of traditional and modern architecture and prime location at the foot …
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