Northumbria Police are praising football fans after a passionate but peaceful Tyne-Wear derby yesterday (March 20). More than 50,000 fans packed St James’ Park for the 1.30pm kick-off with just under 3,000 of those travelling from Sunderland. Out of that crowd there have only been 20 arrests – 19 men and […]
A former government minister has spoken out against the upcoming Mayor for the North East. Speaking at an event in Newcastle campaigning against a regional mayor, Newcastle East MP, Nick Brown, claimed that the proposed Devolution Agreement is not fair to the region and thinks the people of the North […]
Today (March 20) Wearsiders head to St James’ Park in Newcastle for the Derby Day. The Derby Day is the day when Sunderland AFC take on Newcastle United FC in a football match. The Black Cats have won the Magpies six times in a row in previous Derby Day matches, […]
Singer Ellie Goulding made an appearance in the North East his week as part of her Delirium World Tour. The Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle held the stage for the 29 year old singer on Wednesday March 16, as she performed hits from her latest album Delirium. Thousands of fans […]
More than 300,000 of the UK’s over 65s are thought to be “chronically lonely”, a new research shows. The findings suggest that loneliness is a silent killer which affects the country’s elderly. According to Age UK, more than 2 million over 75s live alone, with more than a million saying […]
Students across the North East appear to have opposing opinions on Government plans to make it a criminal offence to not pay back student loans. Almost 2,000 people from across the North East have signed an online petition backing calls to stop these plans. Tsvetelina Dobreva, vice president for education at […]
It has been announced that the NHS will be putting an extra £1billion a year into mental health services by 2020. The pledge came after Jeremy Hunt explained that the government need to provide extra money in order for the NHS to cope with demands on services such as mental […]
Northumbria Police has been working with the two football clubs to make sure fans can reach the Tyne-Wear derby on time. Tens of thousands of football fans will fill St James’ Park on Sunday as Newcastle United host Sunderland AFC in a 1.30pm kick-off. More than 25 coaches will start […]
Officers from the Newcastle city centre Neighbourhood Policing Team are working with Intu Eldon Square to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the area. They are working with security and staff from the shopping centre, to carry out extra high visibility patrols on Friday and Saturday evenings, over the next four […]
Hannah Hailes, from Newcastle, has won the title of Miss Aveika in the final heat of Miss Newcastle competition this year. On Friday, March 11 in Newcastle’s brand new luxury restaurant and late bar AVEIKA, took place a beauty competition. The task of this competition was to determine the […]