Bookmakers don’t often make mistakes. There may be six runners attempting to be first past the post in the race to be North East mayor, but they make it a two-horse race. Labour candidate Kim McGuinness is favourite at 1-2 while independent Jamie Driscoll is a 13-8 shot. That means if you put £1 on …
The National Theatre is supporting Laurels Theatre in the development of its latest production. The fringe theatre in Whitley Bay has been earmarked for funding by the prestigious venue and its Generate Programme, to bring together a group of creatives to workshop a new piece of theatre. This week, Laurels founders Jamie Eastlake and Steve …
In 1900 a Tyneside youngster was ‘taught a lesson’ for stealing from his employer by being birched. Now the fate of George Sayers, aged around 12, has provided a lesson in turn to pupils at a school near to where he lived in North Shields. George’s story is the latest project by the North Shields …
A leading energy claims specialist has helped recover thousands of pounds for a small amusement arcade business, after leading energy supplier Engie was found liable in a groundbreaking legal case. The business operating as Queenie’s Casino Slots (Queenie’s) was awarded more than £10,000 from the global supplier following a court claim brought by energy litigation …
A leading light in the world of wellbeing has urged two successful Tyneside start-ups to broaden their reach and realise their full potential following a whistle-stop trip to the North East. Nicola Elliott, a Northumbria graduate and founder of internationally renowned NEOM Organics London, visited her former university to pass on key advice and expertise …
A project designed to empower local communities in their quest to breathe new life into unused lidos has been hailed as a beacon of collaboration by its North East founder. Tyneside-based Michael Wood, Assistant Professor in Sport Management at Northumbria University, is one of the team working on the restoration of the outdoor pool at …
For youngsters growing up in the cramped and often squalid conditions of a Palestinian refugee camp, it was the experience of a lifetime. It was also a lifetime which in all probability will be spent in the crowded Shatila camp in Beirut. Groups of youngsters were given a window on a new world when they …
Walks along the beach galvanised Jackie Sewell into making it her business to launch a war on waste. Jackie, who had run her own interior design business for 30 years, found herself picking up rubbish — especially plastics — while walking the dog on beaches near her home in Tynemouth. She says:” It showed me …
The solar system will be recreated along the North Tyneside coast next month (March) … at a scale of 1:1 billion. The North Tyneside Solar Trail will see a series of scale models of the planets installed along an almost 6km stretch between Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. And if you’re trying to wrap your head …
After the premiere screenings of Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son (cert. 15) prompted standing ovations at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, more have been scheduled. It always seemed odd that such an important documentary should be a one day wonder in a city where it ought to be seen by as many people as possible. But …
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