Red wine has already been associated with blood thinning properties in the past, but now, it may also make you smarter. A study by Tim Eschle at Northumbria University last year was conducted to find out if a component in wine named Resveratrol had positive effects on the brain and […]
A pro-Europe campaign group are hosting a rally on March 4 in Newcastle city centre to campaign against the decision to leave the EU. The event will begin outside the City Pool at 12.30pm and will continue through Northumberland Street to Greys Monument. Campaigner, James Sheerin, helped to organise the […]
During February half term, between 18th-26th, visitors can experience a history lesson of a children’s food strike here in the North East remembering 100 years of the strike. Beamish Museum in Stanley, County Durham, is known as an open air museum where visitors can come and see how a victorian […]
A Sunderland aid worker is fasting for a minimum of 8 hours on Sunday, February 26, in order to raise awareness and funds of the current situation in Yemen. According to Taz Maqsood and his colleagues, who have contact with a doctor currently in Yemen, Dr Ashwaq Muharram, all aid […]
The Sunderland Football Club mascots have been entertaining families during half term. The Club’s Samson and Delilah visited The Bridges Shopping Centre on Friday as part of a city-wide tour. Selina Deeney, Deputy Marketing Manager at Sunderland AFC, said: “We are out all of half-term week in Sunderland with Samson […]
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 […]
Just 9 months ago, Claudio Ranieri represented everything we love about football but last night became victim of everything that is worrying about the sport. After Leicester City narrowly avoided relegation in 2015, Ranieri took over from Nigel Pearson and set about making history, culminating in the Premier League title on 7 May 2016. […]
Cheryl and the Prince’s Trust are launching a £2M fundraising campaign to invest in more young people through various support. The singer released a statement on Twitter on Thursday 16 February about future plans of Cheryl’s Trust and the Prince’s Trust to open a support centre for disadvantaged young people in Newcastle. It […]
15 year old Jackson Page stole the headlines at last week’s Welsh Open making it to the third round and banking a cool £3500 in the process. One of the professionals he beat along the way was Gateshead’s John Astley who was impressed with the schoolboy’s performance. “You would expect that […]
Jobs are in danger at Sunderland AFC as the club begins to undertake a realignment of its “organisational structure”. A statement released by the Black Cats read: that following a review of the club’s business operations, there will be a “reduction of the club’s workforce”. The aim of this reduction […]