Words: PA Sports. Rafael Benitez admitted he has taken on a “massive” challenge in agreeing to lead Newcastle’s desperate fight for Barclays Premier League survival. The 55-year-old Spaniard, who has been out of the game since being sacked by Real Madrid in January, accepted a 10-match survival mission and whatever […]
Words: PA Sport. Rafa Benitez has been handed the task of dragging Newcastle back from the brink of relegation after Steve McClaren was eventually shown the door at St James’ Park. Benitez has just three days in which to prepare his side for a desperately difficult trip to Leicester, and […]
The full film can be viewed above. The torrid history of a North East amusement park – including the story of a horrifying tiger attack – is laid bare in a new documentary film. Seaburn Ocean Park and Zoo World was home to dolphins, flamingos, seals and big cats, and became […]
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart will reunite in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and appear on stage at the Newcastle Theatre Royal as part of their UK tour this summer. The duo last starred together on the UK stage in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, but will return to […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for help to find a missing Newcastle man who was last seen in Sunderland. Stephen Smiles, 49, has been missing since he left his home in Newcastle today at 8.30am, and was last spotted in Sunderland. Police are concerned for his welfare. He is described as […]
A North East catering and events company is counting its partnership with Newcastle Pride for the next five years. 1879 Events Management, part of the Sunderland-based Stadium of Light brand, has extended its contract to provide catering services for the event until at least 2020. The company will be supplying all bars and […]
The University of Sunderland has created a Cosmetic Science degree. The degree has been created to connect graduates with the growing cosmetics, personal care and fragrance industry. It has been designed around the science-led industry, which focuses on how the skin and body works, to produce innovative and improved products […]
The University of Sunderland has been shortlisted in three categories for the national Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2016. Based on reviews from 25,000 students across the UK the University has been shortlisted in the Job Prospects, Course and Lecturers, and Student Support categories, with the winners announced at a ceremony […]
Two Sunderland students have won a national competition to find a slogan on sleep. Dan Mitchell and Jordan Williams, who are both studying Advertising and Design at the University of Sunderland, won with the slogan Sleep Tight, Be Bright. The Sleep Council had been on a nationwide hunt to find […]