Longsands old outdoor swimming pool will be the biggest regeneration project in Tynemouth, North Tyneside. Visitors will be able to look forward to the renovation of the old outdoor pool at Longsands beach in Tynemouth as it is proposed to be restored and re-open after it closed down in 1996. […]
A North East university has launched a campaign this week tackling attitudes to hate crime, harassment and violence. The campaign, which includes an animated video, posters and a poem focussing on what is acceptable behaviour, has been created by two University of Sunderland graduates. The new campaign was created […]
Sunderland City Council proposed plans which could see development in the pitches of the Southern Area Playing Fields in Washington turned into a housing estate. The Council’s Core Strategy and Development Plan proposed that the football pitches, off Bonemill Lane in Rickleton, could be transformed into over 200 new […]
Volunteers joined in the biggest Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) Campaign on the beaches in the North East. Last month, many volunteers helped in collecting litter of from Long Sands Beach in Tynemouth during the Beach Clean from Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th March 2018 to help protect surfers against sewage. […]
Friends Fest, hosted by Comedy Central, has travelled all over the UK in previous years and is now on its way to the North East this summer. From 20th-29th July guests can see a number of iconic sets from the show at Castle Farm Fields in Newcastle, including full sets […]
Lady Elsie Robson and her son Mark welcomed guests and hard-working fundraisers to the Copthorne Hotel in Newcastle on Sunday, including World Cup hero Jack Carlton, actor Stephen Thompkinson and Lindisfarne legend Ray Laidlaw. Incredibly, the foundation Sir Bobby launched in 2008 to raise £500,000 has gone on to […]
Epilepsy is a neurological condition and affects over 600,000 people in the UK and 25,000 people from the North East. The condition is variable; people with epilepsy will often have very different experiences. It affects the brain and causes over 40 different types of seizures. Epilepsy is still a misunderstood […]
Families came together at the weekend to celebrate Newcastle’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day Festival. This took place at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Sunday 18 March to encourage friendship with everyone. Tyneside Irish Centre Committee Member, Bill Corcoran said: “We invite our friends from different national cultural communities here and […]
Trio of North East PCCs write letter to Home Secretary concerning cheap alcohol Regional PCCs are calling on the Government to introduce a Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in England after concerns were raised due to the damage that cheap alcohol causes. Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, warns that […]
A North East fashion store has announced it is closing down. Andersons, a country clothing store on Sadler Street in Durham, will close but its footwear store in Durham’s indoor market will remain open. It’s a further blow to the retail sector in the City Centre after it was announced […]