A family from Gateshead are to carry on with their son’s 21st birthday celebrations despite the threat of him becoming blind. The Skeen-Dodgson family, who live in Rowlands Gill, were faced with the setback on Tuesday after receiving the news that family member, Dominic Skeen had two bleeds in his […]
A family from Rowlands Gill, Gateshead have started to receive cards ahead of his 21st birthday. Lisa Skeen, 44 and Bethany Dodgson, 23 are hoping to receive cards from people around the UK and the world, to give Dominic Skeen a birthday he won’t forget on July 10. Dominic, who has a […]
A Gateshead family has come together to give their much loved son and brother a 21st birthday he won’t forget. Lisa Skeen, 44 and Bethany Dodgson, 23 are hoping to give 20-year-old Dominic Skeen cards from people around the UK and the world. The pair from Rowlands Gill, in Gateshead, would […]
Ex England Football international, David Beckham, celebrated his 41st birthday on May 2, but he had no idea that he was celebrating elsewhere in a Newcastle Upon Tyne home. Susan McIver from Newcastle, first found her Beckham cardboard cut out 10 years ago after he was abandoned next to to […]
A beacon is being lit in Seaburn, Sunderland, as part of the national celebrations for Her Majesty (HM) The Queen’s 90th Birthday. Today (Thursday, April 21) the Cliffe Park beacon, which is near the white lighthouse, will be lit at 8.30pm. It was last lit a year ago to mark the […]
A Sunderland Second World War veteran has celebrated his 100th birthday. Ernie had a celebration at High Grindon House where he lives, with his family, residents, friends and special guests. Special guests included the Mayor of Sunderland – Councillor Barry Curran, Gentoo’s Acting Chief Executive, John Craggs, Chair of the Sunderland Armed Forces […]