On 3 May, the A1231 Wessington Way road will be closed due to Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure group, placing new speed limit signs. The new speed limit signs are due to be put in place because of the new Northern Spire bridge that has been in construction since last […]
Newcastle-based support charity North East Homeless (NEH) have widened their reach into the Sunderland area in a bid to help more homeless people. NEH are a charity who provide support to those who are homeless by providing them with emergency amenities. The organisation, set up in 2015, offer support to […]
Birds’ Eye View, a charity dedicated to female recognition in film, launched their new campaign ‘Reclaim the Frame’ at Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema on April 17. The campaign is supported by the BFI Audience Fund and is set to take place over six months. The event was successful in recruiting new […]
Sunderland Scramble event organized by North East Autism Society is returning on May 5 for the third year running at Herrington Country Park. The annual 5K course will be filled with a variety of obstacles such as sandbag carry, scrambling through cargo nets, climbing the giant wall of hay bales and navigating […]
A North East university has launched a campaign this week tackling attitudes to hate crime, harassment and violence. The campaign, which includes an animated video, posters and a poem focussing on what is acceptable behaviour, has been created by two University of Sunderland graduates. The new campaign was created […]
Volunteers joined in the biggest Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) Campaign on the beaches in the North East. Last month, many volunteers helped in collecting litter of from Long Sands Beach in Tynemouth during the Beach Clean from Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th March 2018 to help protect surfers against sewage. […]
Friends Fest, hosted by Comedy Central, has travelled all over the UK in previous years and is now on its way to the North East this summer. From 20th-29th July guests can see a number of iconic sets from the show at Castle Farm Fields in Newcastle, including full sets […]
Starbucks has been the first UK coffee chain to trial the ‘latte levy’ – a 5p charge on non-recyclable takeaway coffee cups. The aim is to reduce the overuse and waste of 2.5billion disposable cups every year. During the three-month trial, in 35 selected London branches, customers buying hot drinks […]
One half of television’s most famous duo will find himself in an unusual position next Saturday – by himself. Declan Donnelly will present Saturday Night Takeaway on his own for the rest of this series, ITV has confirmed. This Saturday’s show was cancelled after the other half of the duo, Ant McPartlin, was arrested and […]
At 10 years old, William Kellibrew witnessed the horrific murder of his mother and brother in their family home. Shocked and frightened, he was left to pick up the pieces and try to move on with his life. But how do you ever come to terms with such a tragic […]