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Areas in West Denton have yet again been covered in graffiti detailing outlandish statements about celebrities. The bizarre incidents are in relation to an active North East exclusive graffiti group, the ‘Mellow Birds’. The Instagram group ‘themellowbirds,’ claiming to be behind the grafiti have spoken to Spark Sunderland, taking full responsibility for the graffiti and […]
Organisers of next summer’s first-ever Gateshead International Film Festival (GIFF) say North East creators and regional productions can submit their work free of charge. The inaugural GIFF is spearheaded by North Eastern filmmakers Steve Wraith and Neil Jackson, who are co-directors of the event alongside Portuguese writer and director Catarina De Cèzanne (pictured below). […]
Football is without doubt the sport which reigns supreme in the North East of England. So why is American football – certainly the lesser-known ‘football’ in the region – attracting international students here, to both play and study? Freddie Cowey reports. For Canada-born Sunderland University (SU) students Mohamed Ghanem and Kevin Hanna, the chance […]
Council officials are investigating a former guest house in Whitley Bay which has been operating illegally as a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) for more than two years. The eight-bedroom property in South Parade, Whitley Bay, was converted from guest house to HMO at the start of 2024, but the owners didn’t apply for […]
A North East council is looking to use compulsory purchase powers to rid an area of an ‘eyesore’ property. North Tyneside Council is exploring to use the powers to acquire a former care home in Seaton Court, Whitley Bay. The property has sat empty for more than three years and fallen into disrepair. The council […]
A North Tyneside councillor has accused the area’s council chiefs of ducking their duty to lead the clean-up effort after July’s plastic ‘nurdle’ spillage into the Tyne – claiming that communities on the coast felt “very, very let down”. Instead, he claimed, volunteers had been left in the risky position of having to take the lead […]
Two pedestrians are being treated in hospital for serious injuries after a car crashed into the glass front of an M&S store. Emergency services were called at around 2:25pm yesterday to reports of a people carrier having crashed through bollards into the front doors of Marks & Spencers at Silverlink Retail Park, in Wallsend. Two […]
A leading North East university has reassured students that budget cuts won’t affect them. Sunderland University is aiming to save £40million from its budget before September 2027, as a major reduction in foreign students has significantly hit its income. In an email sent out to all students yesterday (Tues 13th), the university said it is […]
A rocking Shrek tribute band is bringing Ogrepalooza to Sunderland. Performing at The Point on Friday, October 9, band The Ogretones will be running through all the hit songs from the Shrek film soundtracks. Lead singer and guitarist Andy Pennick explained that the idea came to him while playing in a function band: “I was […]
The Gateshead International Film Festival (GIFF) has been announced for July 2027. The inaugural event has been conceived of by a North East based film company called ANBOC Ltd, with the programme being curated by a panel of northern and international filmmakers. One of those creatives is Steve Wraith, an actor and writer from Newcastle. […]
