After a year of campaigning, Stewart Hay, the conservative candidate who is in the running to become Mayor of North Tyneside, has shown support for North Tyneside Cycle Campaign. The campaign asks people to sign up and help make roads and streets safe for cyclists. Campaigners have been invited along […]
Author: Sally Seaton
Plans to build autism holiday centre in North East
A social enterprise is planning on building a holiday centre in the North East to support people with autism. Organisers at The Retreat have begun looking at potential sites for the centre that will cost just over £1 million. After recently viewing some locations in the North East, Northumberland is […]
North East funeral directors fail to sign campaign to end funeral poverty
A campaign has been launched to end funeral poverty in the UK after costs have doubled in the last 10 years. Fair Funerals is the first national campaign to tackle the problem, which aims to influence funeral directors to set out clear prices on their website to help people with […]
Sankeys set to join Newcastle’s lively nightlife scene
Popular nightclub Sankeys has decided to relocate to Newcastle following the closure of Manchester’s famous nightclub last month. The Manchester clubbing venue closed down in January due to the Cotton Mill building being sold to a property developer, with plans to turn it into apartments. Following that news, Sankeys decided […]
Wearsiders catch rare glimpse of International Space Station in Sunderland
Wearsiders witnessed a rare view of The International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the Earth across the sky last night. The public were amazed at the spectacular sight. One member of the public, Adam Woodward, managed to capture the striking image from his back garden in Cleadon, Sunderland. He said: “I was quite lucky to […]