Wherever you travel in the world you can bet your bottom dollar you’ll bump into a fellow Geordie, Mackem, or Sand-dancer. My latest such encounter was on the other side of the globe with a 20-year-old lad from a rather famous Newcastle family. But he had perished more than a century before in the most …
When I first heard that Dr Michael Mosley had gone missing on Symi, I wondered, how is that possible? Having holidayed on the beautiful, small island on many occasions, I know really well the area where he had last been seen. It seemed impossible that he could just vanish. Sadly, we now know the popular …
It’s been a rollercoaster week for the region’s universities who have just seen off a feared tightening of immigration rules that would have dealt another blow to their stressed finances. Sir David Bell, vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland, said: “I hope this decision is an important step along the way as we ensure the …
The North’s universities have been doing the maths on what effect government attempts to curb immigration is having on their bottom line and they warn it could be ‘catastrophic’. International students provide a lucrative income for UK universities but there’s been a dramatic fall in applications in recent months. Recent rule changes to cut down …
In the last two editions The QT has been putting the stalled Milburngate development in Durham under the microscope to see if we could detect any movement. Trying to unearth the truth about what the hold-up is at the £120m retail, leisure, office and accommodation complex was like pulling teeth. Not least because all sides …
You’d normally expect to pay top dollar to be entertained by international opera stars at a premiere. But last Saturday a Northumberland audience got real value for money. Swap a box at La Scala for the stalls of Blyth’s Phoenix theatre, get the performers to wrap their powerful vocal cords around broad Geordie lyrics and …
There’s an intriguing sweepstake in Durham. Guess the right answer to what has become arguably the city’s greatest conundrum and you’ll be toasting your success with a year’s supply of beer. To win just name the date the Milburngate complex of riverside leisure units, offices and apartments will finally open. Worth a punt? Don’t break …
A shaft of light shines down through the leaded window of Newcastle Cathedral. It momentarily dazzles me as it glimmers on the quivering blade of a knife. It’s in the hands of a young man not long out of prison. As I stand opposite him, we both understand the situation perfectly. Without questioning I hand …
A small charity that brings theatre to schools and community groups is trying to prompt the bank it has been with for 30 years into paying proper compensation for putting it through a real-life drama. Théâtre Sans Frontières based in Hexham got a shock when its account with Barclays Bank was closed without any notice. …
There will be a more visible police presence and a more local focus on crime in Northumbria’s Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine’s vision of how she will reshape the force. Having taken the top job back in April of last year, the Chief Constable is now setting out her stall on how to bring crime down …
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