Two men were responsible for the lifelong love affair/affliction* which has been my relationship with a football club. The first was my dad. He would be left with his two children to look after each Saturday as my mother went out to a part-time job to supplement my father’s wage as a pitman. My father, …
SYCAMORE GAP CHARGES: Two men have been charged in connection with the felling of the famous Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland. The pair were arrested last October and Northumbria Police confirmed they had been on bail since then. Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Cumbria, have been charged with criminal damage and …
New science hub for deaf children launched at Life Newcastle’s Life Science Centre has linked up with the South of Tyne and Wearside Deaf Children’s Society to launch a new science club for deaf children, who often face barriers accessing STEM opportunities. The launch of the new club coincides with Deaf Awareness Week, May 6-12, …
As a Sunderland season ticket holder, Jack Ramsey wouldn’t normally tune in to watch Newcastle United. But there was something far more important than regional rivalry at work during the Magpies’ Premier League clash with Tottenham earlier this month. In a footballing first, a group of deaf and hard of hearing Newcastle fans were kitted …
Not so long ago, Graeme Stammers spent much of his time playing on a games console at home. Fast forward to today and there’s a chance the footballers he used to play with on FIFA could be sat in the back of his car. The former taxi driver found himself permanently parked up during the …
Now in her eighties, acclaimed artist and animator Sheila Graber has been capturing the region in her sketchbook for more than seven decades. Born and raised in South Shields, South Tyneside and the wider North East features heavily in her archives, which she is generously using to raise money for three causes close to her …
Brenda Blethyn first pulled on the distinctive fishing hat, scarf and gabardine coat back in 2010 when episode one of Vera started filming in the North East for ITV. Now, after 14 years and more than 50 episodes the award winning actress has confirmed she’s stepping down from the role of DCI Vera Stanhope after …
£300,000 funding boost for Newcastle University museum and gallery Research England has awarded Newcastle University’s museum and art gallery significant funding to support their important work with researchers. Over the next five years, The Great North Museum: Hancock will be given £235,000 and the Hatton Gallery £80,000 from the organisation’s Higher Education Museums, Galleries and …
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 …
Sunderland has embraced culture in recent years, mounting a spirited bid for UK City of Culture, hosting the Tall Ships Races, investing in new cultural facilities such as The Fire Station and celebrating a decade of The Cultural Spring, the Arts Council-funded initiative designed to ensure its benefits are felt in every community. There’s even …
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