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Jess Glynne announces biggest UK tour to date
Chart topping sensation, Jess Glynne has announced her biggest UK tour to date. Jess will hit the road this November, Jess will play Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on Friday 25th November 2016. In 2015, Jess Glynne’s debut album ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ became the biggest selling […]
North East football fans surrender passports ahead of Euro2016
Hundreds of football fans across the region have surrendered their passports ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament. As the summer season approaches more than a hundred people will not be allowed to travel abroad – because they’re banned from watching football. Euro 2016 kicks off in France this week but […]
Teenager stabbed in Newcastle
A teenager is receiving treatment after been stabbed in Newcastle. It happened around midday yesterday (Wednesday 8th June) when a 19 year old man was leaving Summerhill Park. He was approached by two men who asked him if he had any money and then assaulted him. The victim suffered a […]
Revelations as Mike Ashley admits to paying Sports Direct staff below minimum wage
Sports Direct founder and Newcastle United Football Club owner Mike Ashley has admitted to paying workers below the minimum wage. The billionaire tycoon, who previously received criticism for the use of his company’s zero-hour contracts, was questioned by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee formed by a panel of MPs […]
BHS to disappear from Sunderland high street
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 […]
Officers focus on road safety for ‘special weekend’
Part-time, voluntary police officers – known as Special Constables – are taking part in operations to improve road safety across the Northumbria Police Force area. This weekend – 4th and 5th of June – is National Specials Weekend, all about celebrating the contribution the Special Constabulary make to their communities. Special […]
Man stabbed after altercation in Newcastle bar
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 […]
Pair jailed after they robbed two homeless men in Newcastle
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 […]
Police talk hate crime with Syrian families in the North East
Officers from the west end of Newcastle took the opportunity this week to meet with a number of Syrian families based across the North East. They were invited to come and speak to over 40 families at a meeting held in the west end of the city on Sunday evening. […]