Newcastle Startup Week, dubbed the UK’s biggest start-up event, is set to take place during May 15 to 19 to help entrepreneur start-ups. The five-day programme will include 50 inspirational talks, presentations and social events with each day having its own theme. Overall the event is expected to attract up […]
The future of Newcastle’s creative venue, Cobalt Studios, has come into jeopardy following a noise complaint. Cobalt Studios has become a favourite venue for many local performers and artists since it first opened. However, the noise complaint has triggered a desperate attempt to quickly raise funds to be able to […]
A charity star is inviting Tyne and Wear schools to design his next Big Dress for the Gateshead 10k. Colin Burgin-Plews, who is also known as the Big Pink Dress, has teamed up with Co-op Funeral Care to deliver the project which could see a child’s design on his frock, on TV. The Big […]
New figures show that North East A&E departments are performing above the national average, but below targets set by the NHS. NHS England are looking for 95 per cent of A&E patients to be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival, but the national average currently stands at only […]
One of the most popular club nights in Newcastle is expanding to Durham after their success in two other cities. Dirtiz is the most favoured place to be on a Wednesday night in Newcastle and it’s now developing further by heading to Missoula in Durham. The weekly club event, owned by […]
A popular Sunderland pub is set to host its third annual event to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. City centre pub Chaplins are to host another St Patrick’s Day event to celebrate the Irish holiday on March 17. The event has been a success the previous two years, now being branded […]
THE scale of the trade in counterfeit goods – and the cost to the UK’s economy – is unknown, because no national database exists, an SR News enquiry has found. We found that while details of local sales and seizures are recorded by the trading standards departments run by local authorities, […]
More than half of school students say they will consider an apprenticeship after leaving school as their route into employment. A survey commissioned by the Association of Accounting Technicians found the main reasons for young people considering an apprenticeship over university were: They can start earning money straight away […]
North East engineering firm Sevcon are to create 200 new highly skilled jobs in a move which will treble the size of it’s workforce. The Gateshead firm is a world-leader in developing the controllers for the motors of electric and hybrid vehicles. Following three years of rapid growth, the company has […]
Dieters who enjoy pigging out on low fat sausages were rocked after popular choice Porky Lights were dealt an 800% increase on their “syn” value by Slimming World. Slimming World claimed test results showed the sausages, which consumers were calling the ‘Holy Grail’ of dieting, contained a much higher fat content […]