A teenager who died after getting into difficulty at High Force in Teesdale has been named. Curtis Atherton, 16, from Hartlepool was swimming with his brothers and friends at the pool area below the water fall when he got into trouble. The alarm was raised at 8pm when Police, fire […]
Chart topping sensation, Jess Glynne has announced her biggest UK tour to date. Jess will hit the road this November, Jess will play Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on Friday 25th November 2016. In 2015, Jess Glynne’s debut album ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ became the biggest selling […]
Labour’s shadow business secretary Angela Eagle will visit Sunderland tomorrow (June 16) to campaign for Britain to remain in the EU, just short of impending EU referendum. She will be joined by Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bryant MP. Together they will arrive on the Britain Battle bus at Keel […]
Food lovers from across the North East are being invited to celebrate all things chargrilled at the region’s newest restaurant for National BBQ Week 2016. From Monday, May 30 to Sunday, June 5, the Karbon Grill Kitchen and Bar, Sunderland will be firing up its Josper Grill. The festival, which […]
The majority of people in the region think they live on a friendly street. The survey is by TV estate agent Sarah Beeny, who’s famous for presenting TV shows Property Ladder, Help! My House is Falling Down, Restoration Nightmare. Beeny’s estate agency Tepilo found that 81 per cent thought their street […]
Football clubs across the region have backed a campaign by Road Safety GB North East to give drink driving the red card during Euro 2016. The road safety group is being joined by Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Hartlepool football clubs as it aims to raise awareness about the dangers of […]
Officers from the west end of Newcastle took the opportunity this week to meet with a number of Syrian families based across the North East. They were invited to come and speak to over 40 families at a meeting held in the west end of the city on Sunday evening. […]
People in the North East are willing to set aside £11,224 for home improvements, which is below the national average of £17,765. The survey by Zoopla found that this was the average amount that people in the region said they would be prepared to save. Lawrence Hall, a spokesman for Zoopla, said: […]
The A19 Southbound has been closed following reports of a vehicle hitting a Metro bridge near Percy Main. The road is closed between A193 Tynemouth Road (Howdon Roundabout) and A187 (Tyne Tunnel). There are no trains running between Wallsend and North Shields in both directions until further notice. Go North […]
Julie Smith, a mother of three from South Shields, was one of the many parents who protested against SATs last week. Julie took her 10-year-old daughter out of her South Tyneside school for a day in protest against the exams. The mother-of-three says that the tests are “unnecessary” and “they […]