A century ago tomorrow (April 26), Newcastle United goalkeeper Bill Bradley found himself living the football dream as he stepped out at the new Wembley stadium. Bradley, born in Wardley in Gateshead, was drafted at the last minute into United’s FA Cup final team against Aston Villa on April 26, 1924. He had been second …
It sounds like the best job in the insect world. It’s the chocolate mining bee, and is one of 72 bee species which have been recorded in the North East during a major citizen science project. A total of 721 volunteer recorders have reported more than 22,000 sightings of bees, ladybirds and orchids across the …
It was a favourite song belted out in social club concert rooms after a surfeit of Fed Special or, in the case of the ladies, Babycham and/or snowballs. “Enjoy yourself it’s later than you think, Enjoy yourself while you’re still in the pink The years go by as quickly as you can blink Enjoy yourself, …
Last orders could be all too real and permanent for pubs in the coming years, fears an expert in the field. Now Professor Ignazio Cabras, who is head of the accounting and financial management department at Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School, has organised a public event which will examine what the future holds for the …
We’ve all had one, and it has had a powerful influence on our later lives. For many, it has left a mix of good, and perhaps not so good, memories. It’s childhood, and that is the subject of the summer exhibition at Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery in Alnwick. The volunteer-run museum has delved into its …
A survey of peatland, the equivalent of 12,355 football pitches, has now been completed in Northumberland. Peat up to a depth of 10 metres has been discovered in the study. The Northumberland Peat Partnership (NPP) is a collaborative effort that aims to survey, manage and restore degraded peatlands in the county. Since being set up …
No TV, no radio, and for the most part, no cinema. So what did folk do for a night out in 19th century Newcastle? A team of 35 volunteers has come up with thousands of answers as they researched what was on offer at the now Grade I-listed Tyne Theatre & Opera House on Westgate …
Sensors which measure how landscapes “breathe” are set to deliver a low cost solution to the monitoring of carbon emissions from vast swathes of peatland. Dr Paul Mann and his team from Northumbria University will work to develop a sensor system which can operate from remote areas to measure carbon dioxide and methane emissions from …
With a land area of 2,936 sq kms and 4,400 kms of waterways, Dr Ceri Gibson’s patch is sizeable to say the least. The Tyne Rivers Trust environmental charity, of which she is chief executive, oversees the North and South Tyne, and their tributaries the rivers Rede, Allen, Nent, and the Tarset Burn. Then there …
Hands up everybody who watched the film Zulu for the umpteenth time on TV over Easter. If it’s Easter, it must be Zulu, and the same goes for Christmas as the 1964 movie, which made a young Michael Caine’s name is aired again. Caine took the part of Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, second in command to …
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