When you hear the word Newcastle what do you picture? Perhaps the high-class educational background, being home to one of the most prestigious universities in the country? Or do you think of the nightlife and student culture? (Hello- Geordie shore!) Divert from the unveiled into the one thing you didn’t […]
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Sunderland Sports Science student lands Premier League job
Student James Allan has just landed his dream job with a Premier League football club after taking a leap of faith. It has been all change for James over the last couple of years. After leaving Jarrow School in South Tyneside, the football-mad teenager took up an engineering apprenticeship. Then, […]
Follow the journey of the Jarrow March 81 years on
On October 5 1936, 200 men started their journey to London from Jarrow to protest against the unemployment in the North-East region. 81 years later, their journey is still relevant today, as unemployment is still a big problem here in the North. Follow the Jarrow Crusade’s 291 mile march to […]
Ex boss speaks of sadness and pride after closure of Anglo-Saxon museum in Jarrow
The former director of Bede’s World, Jarrow’s Anglo-Saxon museum, has expressed his “incredible sadness” at the site’s closure. The museum, which also contained a replica of medieval farm, was forced to close to the public last Friday (February 12), as the charitable trust that managed it went into liquidation. The […]