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A promotional campaign is underway to turn the Tee’s Barrage in Stockton-on-Tees, into a regular, recognisable location used for film and TV productions. Sam Mendes’s World War 1 film 1917 (released in 2019) has become the most well-known production to have used this location. The sequence in the film that the Barrage features in […]
Newcastle United 1 (Schär, 45’+1’ Pen) AFC Wimbledon 0 Venue: St. James’ Park Attendance: 51,739 Referee: Darren Bond For the second game in a row, Newcastle found their only goal from the penalty spot, with Fabian Schär converting just before half-time. The opening 45 minutes were notably lethargic. While The Magpies brought great intensity and […]
Ocean Colour Scene have announced that they will be coming to the North East as part of their 22-date UK & Ireland tour in 2025. The band announced their latest tour following a string of successful summer festival appearances. Looking ahead to the tour, lead vocalist Simon Fowler said, “Having had such a great time […]
Commuters between Newcastle and Sunderland are set for major disruptions this Halloween half-term, as the metro is set for renewal works. Between October 28th and November 1st, trains will not be running from Gateshead Stadium to either South Hylton or South Shields. Instead, replacement bus services will be running from Gateshead interchange. The 900 will […]
The Southeast Asian country of Myanmar is in the middle of an ongoing Civil War, against their own military junta. In Sunderland, a community of international students from Myanmar is affected by the ongoing civil war. Most of them were afraid to come forward, because they knew that the opposition was their own military. Spark […]
“I want to be the lighthouse / Bring all of you together”: Stevie Nicks, the transcendent songstress of Fleetwood Mac legend, has released her first single in two years, raising her own flag for women’s rights in the teeth of America’s anti-abortion court ruling. The Lighthouse is Nicks’ protest against the American Supreme Court’s decision, […]
Women from ethnic minorities are more likely to be victims of certain types of racism than men belonging to ethnic minorities in our region, says a new study which suggests that racism against women is influenced by sexism. Sunderland University (SU) researchers investigated the extent of nationality-based discrimination and the link between racism and misogyny, […]
After 16 years, The Cure are back with their new single ‘Alone’. The legendary post-punk outfit premiered the first song off of their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World exclusively on BBC Radio 6. The track opens in classic The Cure fashion, with a lengthy instrumental intro. As the first song on the album, […]
THE North East’s 10,000 farmers need financial help to achieve the government’s net zero target, says their trade union. The last government set the goal of farming achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 – 10 years ahead of the legally binding net zero goal for climate change of 2050, set out in the […]
Parents in the North East are among parents across the country to be outraged by what they claim are “draconian” school uniform punishments. One mother, whose daughter attends Grace College in Low Fell, Gateshead, told the BBC that her 11-year old was placed in isolation for breaking uniform codes. She said her daughter, along with “dozens […]
