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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 […]

Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy spoke to Spark about maturing and branching out, both personally and in terms of his music. This comes in anticipation of his latest solo album The Art of Letting Go. The Art of Letting Go sees Kennedy move in a new stylistic direction in several aspects compared to his previous […]

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 […]

  Country: India Language: Malayalam Run Time: 123 minutes BBFC Rating: 12A Genre: Drama, Mystery   This small film from the Malayalam-speaking South Indian state of Kerala has garnered rave reviews from critics and audiences worldwide. It had a limited release outside of its native Kerala and was released in a few selected theatres in […]

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 […]

If you cast your mind back to 2019, Joker came bulldozing into the spotlight for various reasons, some good, some bad. It broke box-office records and earned $1 billion dollars on a $65 million dollar budget (the only film to have grossed that much on a budget that low). However, not only did the film […]

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, on […]

  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 […]

Veteran rock star Bryan Adams is to kick off his Roll With The Punches world arena tour in Newcastle next May – and tickets went on sale today. The tour, named after his upcoming new album, starts at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on May 8.   Adams will then play 10 other venues around the UK, […]


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