A North East music festival taking place this summer is encouraging fans to consider eco-friendly travel options. This is Tomorrow festival launches for its first year on Friday May 25, featuring big headline names such as Catfish and the Bottlemen, Little Comets and Everything Everything. Festival organisers are working with […]
The region’s two main football clubs often attract criticism, both on and off the pitch, but in the last two weeks both Newcastle United and Sunderland AFC have hosted events to help homeless people in the region. Last weekend Sunderland AFC opened their doors to homeless people during the snow […]
The UK’s estimated cat population is 8 million, with the North East accounting for 13% of that figure. The organisation Cats Protection have reported that over 150,000 stray and abandoned cats enter a shelter each year and they help over 500 cats in one day alone. Jane Wilson, Co-ordinator at […]
A new NSPCC training initiative has been launched to help local businesses spot children who are at risk of abuse and neglect. The ‘It’s Your Call’ training is designed to give local businesses and sole traders whose job involves visiting customer’s homes, the knowledge and confidence to recognise possible signs […]
England’s first air-purifying ‘moss tree’ has been installed in Newcastle city centre where it will create new opportunities for research into the benefits of the plant’s natural filtering abilities. Northumbrian Water Group has been working with a range of partners on the plans since July 2017, to identify the ways […]
Newcastle has been nominated as one of the most attractive cities for people living and working in the UK. Along with 11 other contenders from Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Sheffield, Liverpool, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester Sarah Stewart, chief executive at destination management and marketing organisation NewcastleGateshead Initiative, has […]
Is this really the reason? Marnie Simpson, a Geordie shore star, has recently declared she is leaving the show that made her a star. She recently posted on twitter saying: “For everyone who is asking I have in fact permanently left Geordie Shore, it was just time to move on, it […]
A new NSPCC training initiative has been launched to help Tyne & Wear businesses spot children who are at risk of abuse and neglect. The ‘It’s Your Call’ training is designed to give companies and sole traders whose job involves visiting customer homes, the knowledge and confidence to recognise possible […]
A mum from Newcastle has qualified to take part in the triathlon in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Joanna Shallcross, mum of five will be competing against 2500 people from around the world, on the 13th of October 2018. Joanna competed against 42 athletes to come first in the […]
THE North East Art Collective (NEAC) is to hold a postcard auction between March 26 and April 19 to raise money for Newcastle West End Food Bank – the largest food bank in the UK, which featured in the film I, Daniel Blake. NEAC has asked a range of North […]