Newcastle High School for Girls (NHSG) – Sunday Times’ North East Independent Senior School of the Year 2020 – has announced its new Head of Junior School with transformational plans to refresh its curriculum and boost its co-curricular activity programme.
Amanda Hardie, current Acting Head of Junior School and NHSG’s Deputy...
You’ve heard of craft beer – the lovingly made tipple beloved of hipsters, students and real ale enthusiasts.
The latest drinks trend to hit the north east is … craft cola. A Newcastle graduate has launched a start-up producing a tasty cola using all-natural ingredients that is just as obsessively...
Children struggling with mental health problems during the pandemic are facing "agonisingly" long waits for treatment, a BBC investigation has found.
Data from half of England's services found one in five seen in the past year waited over 12 weeks for care.
Half of all mental health conditions...
A Newcastle house designer has been awarded a UK patent for its innovative approach to transforming unwanted and disused garage sites into affordable new homes.
The patent covers HUSK’s ground-breaking solution for the design and build of one and two bedroomed homes on previously undevelopable brownfield sites, using a modular...
Plans for a multi-million pound redevelopment in the heart of Newcastle’s West End, which will include new luxury apartments and a restaurant, have been submitted for approval.
The move by developers Hadrian Property Investments will see the transformation of the former Northumbria Police station site on Westgate Road as ambitious...
The latest housing development to form part of the new 3,000-home Callerton Park neighbourhood will open its doors to the public at the end of this month (September).
Ashberry Homes will be releasing the first properties for sale at Church View in Westerhope on Thursday, October 8.
The 184-home development is...
Apart from being in Newcastle, what do the Discovery Museum, the Laing Art Gallery and Great North Museum have in common?
They are all partnering with a champion catering firm, Totally Delicious, to deliver “immediate emphasis on improved public refreshments and new menus, including traditional North East delicacies”, pledging a...
Newcastle’s Craft Beer Offering Just Got Bigger – joining Beer Street and The Delta Lounge to create a great trio of micropubs behind Central Station.
Isaac Vernon is Newcastle born-&-bred, a former student of St Thomas More & Queen Alexandra Sixth Form college in North Shields. ...
A rapidly expanding insulation and dry lining distributor has chosen Newcastle as the location for its ninth UK depot with plans to create up to 30 new jobs.
Galaxy Insulation & Dry Lining has taken previously vacant space at Silver Fox Way on the New York Industrial Park.
The company, founded...
The Tyne and Wear Metro is recruiting its next generation of train drivers, who – after completing their training – will earn almost £35,500 a year.
You might think that’s a pretty good wage just for driving a train, but drivers will need to cope with unsocial hours, be comfortable...
