A new look Virgin Trains first class lounge has been opened at Newcastle Central Station. Newcastle is the first newly refurbished lounge to open on the route, and the other seven will follow in the next few weeks. The station now has room to comfortably host 68 customers – more than […]
The city of Sunderland will be taking part in one of the region’s most exciting public art events. Sunderland BID and the Bridges shopping centre have agreed to support the Wild in Art project which should drive tourists from across the UK into the city. The Great North Snowdogs, organised […]
A man has been arrested after an incident in Newcastle. At around 6.50pm on the evening of April 4, police were called to the Welbeck Road area of Newcastle to reports of a man in distress. Officers attended and found a man on a roundabout who had an axe at his […]
Missing woman Dionne Gallon has been found safe and well in Newcastle. Dionne Gallon is 25 years old, from Gateshead, and had not been seen since March 31. Officers were particularly concerned as she has recently been released from hospital and may not have taken her essential medication.
Police are urging people in Newcastle to beware of bogus doorstep callers and be careful who they let in their home. The warning comes after a number of incidents in the Lemington, Blakelaw, Cowgate, Fenham and Elswick areas reported to police over the last few days. Officers have received […]
Police are appealing for help to locate the victim of a possible robbery in Newcastle. At 9:51am on Sunday morning, April 3, police received a call from security staff at the Sainsbury’s store in Falconar Street that a man had just been robbed and had come into the store for […]
As many as 11 two libraries/mobile libraries have been closed in Sunderland since 2010, according to the BBC. There are now 75 paid staff members and 53 volunteers, compared to the 19 unpaid volunteers in 2010 . Sunderland City Council’s Head of Education, Attainment and Lifelong Learning, Beverley Scanlon, said: “While these figures might reflect the closure […]
Missing Newcastle girl Tamdy Kayemba has been found safe and well. Tamdy Kayemba, from Riddell Avenue in Newcastle, had not been seen since Good Friday on March 25 at her home address and the police appealed for help in finding her.
Police are appealing for help in tracing a missing 17-year-old Newcastle girl. Tamdy Kayemba from Riddell Avenue in Newcastle has not been seen since Good Friday on March 25 at her home address. She is 5 ft 6″ tall, of stocky build and with long black tinted hair. She was […]
Police are appealing for information after a man was hit with a glass in Jesmond. Between midnight and 12:20am on Sunday, March 27, a 30-year-old man was assaulted in the As You Like It bar, in Archbold Terrace. He was struck over the head with a glass near to the […]