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The Tyne Bridge is to completely close for 10 days at the end of October to all vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists to prepare for the next phase of refurbishment. Warnings have been issued about major traffic disruptions around the Newcastle and Gateshead area as the Tyne Bridge will be closed from October 23, at 11pm […]
Popular light show ‘Newcastle Northern Lights’ will be returning to the North East for another year. The Newcastle Northern Lights will take place between November 20 and December 31 at Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Since first establishing in November 2023, to celebrate Leazes Park’s 150th Anniversary, the event has become a major attraction. Since […]
Padel has been one of the fastest growing sports in the United Kingdom with 13 courts being available in the Sunderland region. True Padel, Wessington Retail Park, offer 11 indoor courts with seven doubles courts and 4 singles courts. Alongside this, the Beacon of Light have built two brand-new indoor courts. According to Playskan, […]
There has been frustration for Sam Fender fans hoping to get tickets for his much-anticipated St James’ Park gig – with the pre-sale now being cancelled. Tickets went on pre-sale this morning to fans who had pre-ordered Fender’s next album, but social media was soon awash with complaints reporting that the ticket-selling website Gigantic was […]
In this new age, AI is slowly being integrated into every field possible. Join Arjun Mistry in exploring the effect of using such technology in journalism – and whether it’ll be the death, or a new revival, of the field. Newsrooms across the country echo with rapid keyboard clacks and the printing and publishing of […]
Creatives across the music and entertainment industry are calling for ‘undervalued’ artists in the North East to have more creative recognition, as the Gateshead International Film Festival sets to take place next year. Last week, the press conference for the launch of the Gateshead International Film Festival (GIFF) took place at the Vue Cinema, in […]
A racecourse in County Durham has been fined £6,500 after a jockey was transported to hospital in a horsebox due to lack of ambulance cover. The incident took place in March after a jockey who had not been named, took a fall in the fifth race at Sedgefield Racecourse and suffered an injury to his […]
The Stadium of Light ahead of a Wear-Tyne Derby. From back-bedroom banter to global Netflix exposure – and standing up for the truth regardless of the consequences – the Wise Men Say podcast has documented over a decade of Sunderland AFC’s highs and lows. Joe Burton reports… Long before football podcasting became a slick, […]
Window displays of trending BookTok paperbacks and tables lined with the latest must reads; a scene that greets booksellers every morning, but is the industry’s obsession with online overconsumption culture outdated? With #BookTok and #Bookstagram bragging a combined 216 million posts, the industry has had to adapt to a social media reading culture that priorities […]
Andy Burnham has launched a campaign urging passengers to “share the carriage, not the noise” as part of efforts to tackle antisocial behaviour on buses, trains and metros across the UK. Antisocial behaviour includes; playing music out loud, known as loudcasting, vaping, littering and consuming alcohol onboard. This campaign aims to allow a more respectful […]
