A sycamore tree in Northumberland’s National Park has come fifth in a European Tree of the Year contest. Situated in a dip alongside the world famous Hadrian’s Wall, the Sycamore Gap won the English award last year and was competing in the European finale for the first time against 15 […]
A Royal Navy supply ship RFA Gold Rover, built at Newcastle’s Swan Hunter shipyard, is to be decommissioned after 43 years of service. The small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base for the final time and is to be replaced by the double-hulled RFA […]
In a week in which former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan was warned by the United Arab Emirates Football Association after being found guilty of having ‘unethical hair’, we look at the questionable barnets of past and present North East players. Gyan, who played 34 times for the Black cats, was […]
We went to Washington, Sunderland, to find out whether the American capital’s North-East namesake was for, or against, a visit from the US President. The debate comes amidst the news that a recent e-petition, set up in support of a state visit by newly elected US President Donald Trump, had […]