This morning Teesside woke up to a 2.8 magnitude earthquake that left many houses in the area shaking. The tremors were felt just before 6:00am in Billingham, Stockton-on- Tees and Middlesbrough. The website Earthquake Track said it was six miles (10km) beneath Stockton. Those effected took to social media to […]
Year: 2020
FOI reveals that 21 per cent of LNER’s last trains from London to Sunderland don’t make it all the way
A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed that 21 per cent trains on the LNER’s final daily service from London King’s Cross to Sunderland trains don’t reach the final stop. The FOI request sent to London North East Railway confirmed that between January 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 […]
‘Sound lass’ creates Soundlass, a barrier-breaking music initiative for North East women
Newcastle College student Abby Hillyer has set up new initiative aimed at helping women and non-binary people break into the music industry. Soundlass was created from a passion of getting women into the music industry after a successful all-female music event was set up by Abby herself, including […]
Opinion piece: The Death of Socialism – Labour’s return to appeasing the centre
As Jeremy Corbyn announced on the night of the election that he would not lead the Labour Party into another general election, a sombre moment fell on the harder left and socialist pocket of the party. Seemingly taking the same energy as when Bernard Smith portrayed the Captain of the […]
BBC Music Introducing in the North East Reveal Their 2020 Tips List
BBC Music Introducing in the North East have revealed the local artists that they tip for 2020, and it features some familiar faces… These artists could follow in the footsteps of previous BBC Music Introducing favorites such as BRIT’s Critic’s Choice winner Sam Fender, BBC Radio 1 playlisted L […]