Tyneside record-breaking yachtsman David Scott Cowper is to tackle another testing voyage at the age of 82 to help promote and expand a cancer charity. He was the first man to sail solo round the world in both directions and was also the first to successfully sail around the globe via the Northwest Passage single-handed. Now he …
The long-awaited general election is finally here. It’s hard to believe how much the political landscape has changed in the five years since the last election. Boris Johnson was elected on a pledge to ‘get Brexit done’ and ‘level up’, with huge swathes of historic Labour areas in the North and Midlands turning blue for …
A1 WIDENING APPROVED: Permission has been granted to widen a 13-mile stretch of the A1 in Northumberland. Development consent was given for a dual carriageway between Morpeth and Ellingham by the Secretary of State for Transport last Friday (May 24). Funding will be reallocated from the scrapped HS2 rail project. The much-delayed scheme has been …
First came the announcement of National Service for 18 year olds – a scheme that would see the North East and Tees Valley lose millions of pounds of funding. Then Rishi Sunak turned his sights on universities, accusing them of basically ripping off young people by offering degree places that would limit their ability to …
Joanne Coates, an award-winning visual artist, spent a lot of time with her grandparents when she was growing up. “My grandad would get me to use disposables over months and think about what I was making. I was about eight,” says the artist who spent her childhood in North Yorkshire and now lives between County …
Sting trumpets cinema release for Message in a Bottle film A film of an ‘extraordinary dance show’ which is based on the music of Sting and The Police will be shown in 500 cinemas across the UK this week (May 30-June 6). Kate Prince’s acclaimed dance theatre production, Message in a Bottle premiered at Sadler’s …
A gift to the people of Newcastle by one of the region’s greatest inventors has been included in the Victorian Society’s annual top 10 list of “most endangered” buildings. The society fears for the future of the listed Banqueting Hall on the edge of Jesmond Dene in Newcastle, which was originally near Sir William — …
A line up of five artists has been recruited to explore the industrial heritage which has shaped the North Pennines landscape and its people. The North Pennines National Landscape team has awarded four community arts bursaries and appointed an artist-in-residence as part of its new Land of Lead and Silver project. It will run until …
Summer sees the flowers blooming at Seaton Delaval Hall along with the annual display of contemporary art, courtesy of the North East Emerging Artist Award. As the work of the latest three winners is unveiled at the National Trust property, so the eight contenders for next year’s commissions begin vying for the public vote. Can …
It was Sarah Sleet, spokeswoman for The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), who said it best of all: “The Chronicle has opened up a real can of worms here.” If only Sarah knew the full story. Then again, nobody could have possibly foreseen the fallout from an undercover investigation that almost cost me my marriage. …
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