Each year thousands of men and women stand up, speak out and say no to violence against women and girls. Earlier this year, after hearing that reports of domestic abuse increased by 30% in 2018/19, Newcastle City Council unanimously passed a motion that not only saw White Ribbon Day...
STAFF AND members of a Washington gym scaled The Old Man of Coniston to raise funds for a leading North East charity.
Pinchaninch Body Transformation Centre owners Darren and Nichola Tyrie joined personal trainers and more than 60 of their gym regulars to climb the mountain at the Lake District...
The Race for Life reemerges in 2024, encompassing events throughout the North East, spanning Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, and County Durham.
PEOPLE across the region are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Newcastle and anyone who joins this...
David Lloyd Clubs kicks-off Team PB
Six-week post-lockdown recovery programme now live!
Former MP, author and trainee Personal Trainer Tom Watson included in the team
The UK’s leading health and fitness group David Lloyd Clubs, alongside psychologist Dr Jessamy Hibbard and nutritionist Jenna Hope, have today launched Team PB –...
More than 100 firefighters from Tyneside are gearing up to participate in a pioneering cancer research project that has made its way back to the North East.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) are this week hosting a testing programme commissioned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).
Back in...
Adoption UK has provided expert advice in the end pages of Baby Love, the heart-breaking, compelling, and timely new novel from best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson, out on 17th March 2022.
Set in 1960, Baby Love is a story for older readers (aged 12+) about teen pregnancy, family trouble and unlikely...
Many
of us would classify ourselves as either night owls or early birds. While early
birds may thrive best and be more alert in the morning or early afternoon,
night owls feel more active and productive in the late evening or wee hours.
But
have you ever wondered which tendency is the best for...
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....
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 recent two-part ITV documentary Britain's Tiger Kings - On The Trail With Ross Kemp highlighted the growing problems associated with the keeping of wild animals as pets.
In response to the documentary, Born Free’s co-founder and Executive President Will Travers OBE said:
“I think most people will have found it...
