Just a week away before St. Patrick’s Day and Newcastle will be thriving with Irish festivities and celebrations in the heart of the city centre. Newcastle’s Times Square, famous for hosting Oktoberfest and seeing epic bands play Live from Times Square gigs is the main location for the first ever […]
The City of Sunderland is once again taking part in one of the region’s biggest charity, art events. Spot Elmer the Patchwork Elephant across Tyne and Wear for 10 weeks between August and October 2019. This is all in aid of raising money for St Oswald’s Hospice following the […]
A North East University is set to host an annual Record Fair this weekend. Northumbria University in Newcastle is the location for the event which it has hosted since 2016, and is set to see over 50 tables of Vinyl, CDs, DVDs and other music related content up for […]
A freedom of information request submitted by SRNews has revealed South Tyneside’s pension fund has been invested in a private equity company named in the Paradise Papers, as well as a tobacco company. The public sector pension scheme, controlled by South Tyneside Council, manages the future savings of public sector […]
Recent Freedom of Information requests submitted by SR News reveal how much councils across the region are spending on Christmas decorations. Newcastle Council will this year spend a total £150,293.70 on Christmas decorations, the most of any council in the region. However this year it will not receive the same […]
The housing and homeless charity Shelter published the results of an extensive research they made which conducted that the number of homeless people in the UK is 307,000. Which is larger than the population of Newcastle, reported the Chronicle. The number of homeless people in the North East is around […]
As the season gets underway, we take a look at how exactly the North East celebrates Christmas.
Newcastle United supporters pushed two trolleys full of food from South Shields to Newcastle last weekend in aid of Newcastle West End food bank. Kris and Adam Wallace, Chris and Dan Goodall, Deka Petrie and Mark Walker walked more than 12 miles until they reached St. James’ Park where Newcastle United […]
Mick Potts, a local pub landlord, is looking to bring continental beer culture to the people of Tyneside. His pop-up beer cafe, Lanterne Rouge, runs Thursday-Saturday, 7pm-late, from the Pink Lane coffee shop, opposite Central Station in Newcastle city centre. This is the second time the pop-up has been in […]
Northern actress Denise Welch walks out of rehearsals of the pantomime Jack and the Bean Stalk taking place in Times Square, Newcastle this month. The NS pantomime organisation has released a statement to confirm that the pantomime, which includes the actor Adam Thomas, will still continue as promised. The statement said: […]