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The University of Sunderland has announced that it will be removing its current on-site childcare provisions from next summer. St Mary’s Childcare Centre, which provides creche services for the children of parents and carers who work and study at the university, is set to close from 23 July 2025. The creche, located on the university’s […]
Film fans living in Newcastle can experience the very best films from the 68th BFI (British Film Institute) London Film Festival at Tyneside Cinema from October 9-20th. Selected venues all across the UK are teaming up with the BFI so that more and more audiences are able to experience what films are on offer. The […]
Francis Ford Coppola is no stranger to a hectic and disastrous film production process. Production on Apocalypse Now became infamous and iconic for just how difficult it became, undoubtedly one of the worst examples in Hollywood history. Coppola now properly returns to the directing chair for the first time in well over a decade (his recent […]
Fifteen hundred pounds was raised in a charity art auction last weekend, in aid of a Tyneside food bank. For the second year in a row, indie arts business For The Love Of The North (FTLOTN) hosted their ‘Secret Art Sale’ at the Spanish City, Whitley Bay. The charity sale saw North East artists donate […]
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that a £10billion AI data centre planned by US company Blackstone will generate 4,000 North East jobs. The centre will deal with the tremendous power, storage and cooling requirement of AI (artificial intelligence) technology, and also create networking infrastructure. Construction will be begun next year, in Blyth, Northumberland, […]
A Durham city centre restaurant has been fined £22,000, after being found guilty of serving allergen-contaminated food which put a customer in hospital with a life-threatening reaction. Durham County Council (DCC) prosecuted popular Lebanese restaurant Lebaneat for failing to comply with food safety laws, after an investigation by its environmental health officers. A customer […]
The late Smiths bassist Andy Rourke is set to have a mural unveiled in his honour later this year. Rourke sadly passed away in May following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. The official unveiling of his mural is set to coincide with Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day on November 21st. A Crowdfunder, which has now […]
Sycamore Gap was one of the most iconic locations in the North East, with a large leafy sycamore tree standing proudly in a dip along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Planted over a century ago, the tree gained celebrity status due to its appearances in music videos and television programs, most notably in Kevin Costner’s […]
