Joanne B Kaar's new and ongoing project takes inspiration from aprons in all their various forms, and she is sharing your stories and photos on her blog for all to enjoy.
If you have any classic aprons, house dresses, wrap aprons, housecoats, ‘dusters' or pinnies, either worn now, stashed in...
Live Unlimited London is a premium clothing brand that puts celebrating women’s natural shape and curves at the heart of everything they do. Founded in 2013 by two business-orientated women, Rachel Heather and Tracy Egan, the brand was born out of a desire to create a stylish and coordinated...
A new vegan café, which aims to be a creative hub for Newcastle’s artistic community, has opened on Westgate Road.
Wildflower, set up by artist Jessica Salmon and chef Asher Turnbull, specialises in “affordable, seasonal plant-based food”. Dishes on offer include vegan chorizo, bean pasties, and vegan cakes and toasties,...
Newcastle's celebrity barber shop owner, Tom Baxter, has joined the International Hair Alliance (IHA) to support fellow hairdressers during the lockdown, and provide you at home with hair advice
Tom is the go-to barber for people off the telly, like Geordie Shore stars and premiership footballers, and he's founded IHA...
Newcastle United hero Alan Shearer is to undergo a series of dementia tests as part of an upcoming BBC documentary.
In Dementia – Football’s Silent Shame, Mr Shearer will investigate whether years spent heading footballs make ex-soccer professionals more likely to suffer from the condition.
It is suspected that brain damage...
Sophie Gibson, a hairstylist at the award-winning Hooker & Young salon in Newcastle, is leading a colourful comeback for an industry that has faced a challenging year, after being named Commercial Colour Genius in the Colour World Genius Awards 2020.
Recognised in these awards for her outstanding skill, colouring technique...
THE VIRTUAL MISS ENGLAND NORTH EAST CONTESTANTS BARE FACE NO MAKE UP ROUND AS MISS ENGLAND POSTS A PIC WEARING PPE
#ChooseToChallenge #iwd2021
The 12 Miss England North East Finalists have been invited to celebrate International Women's Day ALL WEEK by posting Bare Face no make-up images of themselves on their...
There was a time when getting a fix of nicotine meant taking a pinch of black, powdered tobacco and inhaling it up the nose! The so-called “snuff” habit shot to popularity in London after the Great Plague of 1665–1666 because people believed the black powdery substance contained healing properties....
Newcastle has made eighth place in a leaderboard of the UK’s top greenest cities.
Scores were calculated for UK cities based on four categories - nature, transport, emissions and sustainability.
London scored highest as investment in solar outshone the rest of the cities at £149,126 per million pounds of council budget....
Thousands of people participating in a Newcastle-based campaign to tackle obesity have succeeded in shedding an incredible total of 100,000 pounds.
Newcastle Can, launched in January 2017, encouraged people to come together to lose weight and get healthier through community activities.
Newcastle Can set the city’s residents the challenge of losing...
