Northern Pride has confirmed that Newcastle Pride will take place in July 2017 for the 10th year. Newcastle Pride 2016 had more than 73,000 visitors, which brought more than £10.4m to the economy. This year’s festival has a huge line up to feature in the run-up to the grand-finale […]
A new skyscraper in Newcastle is set to be built on Rutherford Street, and expected to result in a £40.5m boost to local economy. The housing scheme was given the green light by Newcastle City Council on Thursday 2 February with plans to reconstruct the old vacant warehouse – destroyed […]
A North East grandmother is tackling a half marathon in order to raise money for her favourite local charity. Lynda Dixon, 62, from Ferryhill, County Durham is going to run 13 miles in the Great North Run for the Great North Air Ambulance Service. Mrs Dixon, a retired secondary school […]
Following ticket touts charging thousands of pounds for second hand Ed Sheeran tickets, Stormzy fans are the latest targets of extortionate reselling. Whilst the prices are yet to reach the extremities of Ed Sheeran’s Metro Radio Arena tour-stop, second-hand sales of Stormzy’s ‘Gang Signs & Prayers’ album tour are going […]
A rally is taking place in Newcastle in protest against Donald Trump visiting England. The “Trump Not Welcome” event will take place in Newcastle at Grey’s Monument at 5:30pm on February 20th. Parliament will debate whether or not the U.S. President will be allowed to make an official state visit to the U.K on […]
Two more sailing ships have been confirmed for the 2018 Tall Ships Races in Sunderland. The event will be taking place around the Port of Sunderland between 11 July 2018 and 14 July 2018. The ships are the TS Maybe, and the STS Lord Nelson. Coun. John Kelly Sunderland City Council’s […]
The Princess Royal visited Newcastle City Library today where she was presented with a History of Newcastle Book. By Bianca Brateanu
Newcastle Falcons have signed French international centre Maxime Mermoz from Leicester Tigers for the beginning of next season. Mermoz has 35 caps for his country while scoring three times for them, previous teams include Toulouse, Perpignan and Toulon where he fell out of favour. Mermoz had to compete with fellow French international Mathieu […]
Today saw £6m invested in to anew development for music, drama and dance. The Music, Arts & Culture (MAC) Trust have been awarded the grant the through the National Lottery Trust. The new venue will be located within the heart Music Arts and Cultural Quarter in central Sunderland. The site at Garden […]
Grab your Vans skate shoes, spike your hair and put on your best band t-shirt because pop punk heroes New Found Glory are returning to the region. The Floridian four-piece band aka The Godfathers of Pop Punk are doing a series of shows all over the U.K and are doing […]