Food lovers from across the North East are being invited to celebrate all things chargrilled at the region’s newest restaurant for National BBQ Week 2016. From Monday, May 30 to Sunday, June 5, the Karbon Grill Kitchen and Bar, Sunderland will be firing up its Josper Grill. The festival, which […]
BHS is to disappear from the Sunderland high street and throughout the country resulting in the loss of up to 11,000 jobs. It comes after administrators failed to find a buyer for the retailer which has 8 stores in the region. All of the 163 shops across the UK will […]
The majority of people in the region think they live on a friendly street. The survey is by TV estate agent Sarah Beeny, who’s famous for presenting TV shows Property Ladder, Help! My House is Falling Down, Restoration Nightmare. Beeny’s estate agency Tepilo found that 81 per cent thought their street […]
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguards have returned to beaches across Tyne and Wear. The charity’s lifeguards will be at their posts from 10am to 6pm daily until Sunday, September 4. They will operate their seasonal patrols on Whitley Bay North and South, Cullercoats, King Edwards Bay, Longhands South, Sandhaven, Mowbray, Seaburn […]
Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby has confirmed that she is leaving Geordie Shore due to recent events. Today (Wednesday, June 1) the 26-year-old posted a series of tweets on Twitter talking about her exit from the show. Charlotte, from Sunderland, tweeted: Sadly because a certain some1 can’t admit to being […]
England’s squad for Euro 2016 was announced yesterday (Tuesday, May 31) – but where would England place if the tournament was based on health statistics? Research by Durham University concluded that the Three Lions would get knocked out in the quarter finals of Euro 2016 if health figures were a criteria for […]
Police are appealing for information after a man was stabbed in Newcastle. Between 1:30am and 2am on Sunday, May 22, a 27-year-old man became involved in an altercation with three men in the Side street just down from the Empress Bar in the city centre. Another altercation involving the same […]
Vandals have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage across Gateshead. Graffiti has recently appeared in a number of locations including the town centre, Bensham and the Shipcote area. The damage will cost the local authority thousands of […]
Two men have been jailed after a knife-point robbery in Newcastle. On September 7, 2015, Thomas Paul Keenan, 20, and Steven Smith, 22, and both of no fixed abode, threatened two homeless men who were sleeping in a car park in Lisle Street in the city centre. They were armed […]
Wearsiders and students at nearby Bede College have said they are worried about an increase in anti-social behaviour and vandalism as Barnes Park will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from 1st June. Michael Dono, who lives in High Barnes, said: “Back when it [Barnes Park] was refurbished […]