SR News has visited the eight best spots for afternoon tea in the North East, each selected based on customer reviews and one-to-one interviews with business owners, chefs and managers. Afternoon tea is typically viewed as an ideal treat for families, couples, friends or even for party celebrations such as […]
More than 20,000 people gathered to mark the start of the Year of the Monkey in Newcastle’s Chinatown, organiser says. The event, happening at the same day as Valentine’s Day, gave Tynesiders the chance to enjoy double celebration. The Chinese New Year celebration featured lion and dragon dance performers, kung-fu […]
A group of Sunderland students will be showing off their language skills as part of the city’s first major celebrations to welcome the Year of the Monkey. The group, from the Mandarin Club at St Anthony’s RC School, will perform a number of traditional songs in Chinese. For the first time, […]