A countryside body in the North has issued a warning in the wake of the local and Mayoral election results that traditional political allegiances can no longer be taken for granted. Henk Geertsema, Acting Regional Director at Country Land and Business Association North (CLA) said: “Rural communities feel unseen, they feel unheard, and for the …
Approaching Tyneside while driving north at night from the south, a fiery flare would appear in the distant darkness. Looking like a giant Olympic torch, it was a sign that home was within reach after a long journey. This was the flaming stack of Monkton Coke Works, on the edge of Hebburn in South Tyneside, …
Wildlife experts have warned that this year’s poor weather is taking its toll on birds who usually find sanctuary on the Northumberland coast every spring to feed, roost and breed after travelling thousands of migratory miles The staff of Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve (LNNR), working in partnership with Northumberland Coast National Landscape Team, the National …
The cutting down of a tree in Northumberland seven months ago triggered shock and dismay not just in the UK but in countries around the world. It was, of course, not just any old tree, but the iconic Sycamore Gap view on Hadrian’s Wall which had vanished. Sharing in the shock was David Breeze, Roman …
It has been voted as the nation’s favourite painting, features on the £20 bank note and is going on show for the first time in the North East. JMW Turner’s 1839 portrayal of The Fighting Temeraire will be the centrepiece of an exhibition, Turner: Art, Industry, Nostalgia which runs from May 10 to September 7 …
It turned out to be a lucky break when Mandy Fall entered a competition run by a holiday cottage company. Entrants had to submit a picture of their dog, and in Mandy’s case that was Suzi, her white Highland terrier. The image won Mandy a week’s holiday at Seahouses in Northumberland — the first time …
A Tyneside expert has led the design of a major new exhibition on PoW captivity and Great Escapes during the Second World War. Peter Dixon, an Assistant Professor in architecture at Northumbria University, worked in collaboration with creative design studio, Field Design, to create the exhibition, at The National Archives in London. Great Escapes: Remarkable …
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, …
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