A pop-up food waste cafe has successfully crowdfunded to open a permanent space in Newcastle. The exact location will be decided in the new year. The Magic Hat Cafe serves food that was destined for landfill, from supermarkets, restaurants and farms, on a ‘pay as you feel’ basis. They have […]
A charity based in North Tyneside is providing a free meal on Christmas Day to veterans and members of the community. Forward Assist will serve a free Christmas lunch ensuring everyone gets a hot meal over the festive period. Paula Edwards, women’s veterans project leader, said: “The Christmas dinners provide […]
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Lucy Hallas, 21 a paramedic student from the University of Sunderland, has joined 33,318 other students in the fight for placement pay. Lucy is currently located at a patient transport service in Pallion, near her university accommodation. Students at UoS are required to work weekends and bank holidays, which may […]
Grassroots football pitches across the Gateshead borough may no longer be maintained under proposals put forward by Gateshead Council. At a cabinet meeting held on November 20, the council proposed to cease the maintenance at a number of bowling greens and football pitches under their governance in an attempt to […]
Sunderland missed out on becoming the City of Culture, however, the bid has had a definite impact on those involved with the arts in the city. 2018 has seen several developments, like this year’s Tall Ships event and the refurbishment of the Fire Station which is now described as a […]
A series of football tournaments are taking place in North Tyneside to help people with mental health issues and to raise awareness and funds for charity organisations in this field. The tournament takes place on a monthly basis at Walker Dome and raises money for a different mental health charity […]
North East-based social media football fan channels have seen a huge increase in audience figures in the last year. One of these is Newcastle Fans TV, which has a combined total of 40,000 followers across Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. Lee Gary Lawler is the figurehead for Newcastle Fans TV. […]
Northumbria Police have released the fastest speeds clocked by cameras in the North East for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. The results are quite shocking and are fairly similar throughout the three years. In 2016 the fastest speed recorded was 110 mph on the Coast Road/Benfield Road, Newcastle. The […]
An artist is selling artwork featuring iconic Sunderland landmarks to raise money for the Foundation of Light, the official charity of Sunderland AFC. ‘I Love This City’, by Jane McCracken, took two months to create and is entirely drawn in red ballpoint pen. Of the sales proceeds, 5% will go […]