England’s first air-purifying ‘moss tree’ has been installed in Newcastle city centre where it will create new opportunities for research into the benefits of the plant’s natural filtering abilities. Northumbrian Water Group has been working with a range of partners on the plans since July 2017, to identify the ways […]
Yellow snow warnings across the UK as snow storms are set to cause chaos. On February 27th, the Beast from the East hit the UK, travelling from Siberia, Russia. The extremely cold weather spiralled – when it collided with Storm Emma. With more bad weather forecast, we look back […]
Following the death of scientist Stephen Hawking, people with disabilities have taken to Twitter to criticise those describing Stephen Hawking as an “inspiration to disabled people”. The Cambridge University Professor was diagnosed with motor neurone disease when he was 21 and died at the age of 76 – far beyond […]
Newcastle has been nominated as one of the most attractive cities for people living and working in the UK. Along with 11 other contenders from Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Sheffield, Liverpool, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester Sarah Stewart, chief executive at destination management and marketing organisation NewcastleGateshead Initiative, has […]
Is this really the reason? Marnie Simpson, a Geordie shore star, has recently declared she is leaving the show that made her a star. She recently posted on twitter saying: “For everyone who is asking I have in fact permanently left Geordie Shore, it was just time to move on, it […]
A new NSPCC training initiative has been launched to help Tyne & Wear businesses spot children who are at risk of abuse and neglect. The ‘It’s Your Call’ training is designed to give companies and sole traders whose job involves visiting customer homes, the knowledge and confidence to recognise possible […]
Fortnite Battle Royale has become one of the most played games in the UK and worldwide. It has approximately 3.4 million players worldwide playing simultaneously. It is even crushing more established games such as Destiny 2 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege in overall player counts. At over 45 million […]
Eleven children from around the North East have been presented with the recently renamed Bradley Lowery Child of Courage award for bravery. Chloe Gray, Lucas Wilkin, Millie Fountain, Hayden Gray, Anya Clarkson McKenna, Theo Schofield, Sam Stewart, Theo Dawes, Josie King, Eden Wilde and Hunter Maskell all received an award […]
A mum from Newcastle has qualified to take part in the triathlon in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Joanna Shallcross, mum of five will be competing against 2500 people from around the world, on the 13th of October 2018. Joanna competed against 42 athletes to come first in the […]
Sunderland AFC have announced a reduction in season card tickets for fans renewing early for the 2018/19 season. Prices for adult cards start at £310, a £40 reduction from last season’s rate of £350. Working out at just over £13 per game for adult fans purchasing tickets in concession […]