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18 July 2024

Great Run goes the extra miles

Ultra long and ultra-specific — welcome to Ultra North Run: one of the fastest-growing events organised by the Great Run Company as it continues to expand its varied roster of regional challenges. The event, which is designed for everyone from anywhere, has surged in popularity over the last few years and offers runners something more …

Kynren all set to work its epic magic

There was no dampening of enthusiasm even when everything else was getting damp beneath an authentically English sky — and even when this particular performance of Kynren was a preview, a trial run ahead of the first night proper on July 27. The Archers, as they call the volunteers who make this extraordinary pageant happen, …

Buck up our ideas for Blue Plaques!

People of the North East are being urged to ensure that inspirational individuals from the region’s past do not miss out as Historic England launches a new national blue plaques scheme. Nominations close on Sunday, July 28 for the new venture which aims to highlight the achievements of  people from all walks of life throughout …

Half a century of capturing moments in time

“When attending art school in the early 1970’s my interests lay in drawing and painting. Everything had become conceptual. I found the photography department sane and down to earth.” So says renowned North East photographer, Ian Macdonald whose work is the subject of a double venue retrospective exhibition in Sunderland, opening this weekend. Fixing Time …

Mayors at front and centre of economic growth mission

New powers for England’s metropolitan mayors will be introduced in an effort to roll out ‘greater devolution’ of decision making in the regions. Laying out the government’s legislative plans during the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday, King Charles III revealed plans to give combined authorities new powers to help ‘support local …

Eyes and ears

DENTAL DISMAY: One in four adults in the North East and Yorkshire is unable to access dental care. Official data shows 1.7m people have unmet dentistry needs across the region, including 820,000 adults who have tried and failed to secure an appointment in the last two years. The figures have been analysed by the British …

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