Beacon Hill Arts Community Interest Company, which provides training and production opportunities in the Jesmond area of Newcastle will tonight showcase their award-winning ‘Hidden Histories’ films at Whitley Bay’s Playhouse. The company provides people with learning difficulties, autism and additional needs a chance to express their creative talents as they work together to […]
The Government today confirmed multi-million-pound funding for the Metro system – with potential for building new trains in the North East. In his autumn Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced “the replacement of the 40-year-old rolling stock on the Tyne and Wear Metro at a total investment of £337million”. Coun […]
Sunderland Illuminations were back again this year, proving to be even bigger and better than ever before. The event drew in more than 200,000 visitors and made around £1.5 million, according to Councillor John Kelly. Last year, the council introduced a £1 charge for entry to the event. Councillor […]
Most people have heard of Movember, with celebrities such as Joe Hart, Damian Lewis and Ricky Gervais frequently featured across all media platforms, sporting moustaches in support of the cause. However, not everyone is aware that Movember is more than just an excuse to grow facial hair. Behind it lies a […]
A Sunderland couple have raised £140,000 in just 18 months for the hospital unit that saved their daughters life. Sergio and Emma Petrucci’s daughter Luna was not even two years old when her life was saved thanks to treatment at the Children’s Heart Unit at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, in 2015. The pair […]
From 2018 people under the age of 18 will be able to get on the metro for as little as £1. This comes as Nexus introduced the new Pop Blue Card which is aimed at getting teenagers out and about in the Tyne and Wear. Under 18s will pay just £1 […]
Sunderland Culture and the Cultural Spring are seeking proposals from artists to work on a large scale arts commission for the New Wear Crossing opening this spring. Working with Sunderland City Council, Sunderland Culture is commissioning an art piece that responds creatively to the new bridge, in order to celebrate […]
A historic pub in one of Sunderland’s oldest streets has been given a new lease of life thanks to a £30,000 refurbishment by local businessman, Graeme Tuckwell. The Vestry was once the best spot on a 1990s pub crawl. The Albert, formerly The Vestry in Fawcett Street, was taken on […]
German design company One World Studios — who have collaborated with Fenwick for 35 years — have revealed that the Paddington bear display was their biggest challenge yet. When asked about Paddington Bear, company director Olaf Mendelt said: “It came as a little bit of a surprise to us because […]
Image courtesy of DW Media / Youtube IF YOU missed the mass sing-a-long at Newcastle’s Monument on October 27, your singing days may not be over just yet! Following the huge Geordie rendition of the early 1980s hit Africa by rock band Toto, Chris McCarthy, the man who made […]