The property market in the North East is yet to bounce back to its pre-recession peak, according to research by StripeHomes, with their research showing the average house price in the area is still -4.1% lower than the highs seen in 2007.
Biggest market declines
Back in Q3 of 2007, the...
A remarkable 80-year-old retired village bobby, who started running five years ago, is pounding the beat on lanes of Tyneside to raise funds for Bright Red, a charity for people in the North with blood cancer.
Wilf Laidler from Killingworth has started his mammoth running programme and intends to complete...
A jobcentre manager from Newcastle has criticised Ken Loach’s popular recent film I, Daniel Blake. Steve McCall, employer relationship manager at Jobcentre Plus in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland, said, “I hope people don’t think the film is a documentary because it’s a story that doesn’t represent the reality...
Across the UK, the NHS sees 506,100 hospital admissions attributable to smoking, and ‘Stoptober’ is here to help reduce this number. Stoptober is a month-long campaign to help those who want to quit smoking start their journey to becoming smoke-free through community support, health resources and increased awareness on...
The sweet smell of success has enabled a Cramlington mother and daughter duo to move their business into a brand new facility with warehousing and office space creating record-breaking sales all over the UK of their unique fragrance products.
Prior to forming NorthburN, Wendy Gray originally ran a beauty...
As part of its Outdoor Summer Sessions programme, Hardwick Hall Hotel, County Durham, is planning a Proms In the Park afternoon, featuring Musicians Unlimited Big Band on Sunday 6 September.
The 20 piece orchestra formed in Hartlepool has been playing together for more than 30 years and will be performing...
A leading North East heart charity is using the hit dance tune Baby Shark to teach school children how to save a life.
Since its launch in 2016, Red Sky Foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to help towards funding hospital machines and placed numerous defibrillators in towns...
With Miles of Planned Cycle Lanes, Newcastle Will See Benefits of New E-scooter Trial Scheme with Measured Rollout - Steve Pyer, UK Country Manager, Spin (A subsidiary of Ford Motor Company)
As part of the Department of Transport’s national e-scooter trials, Newcastle City Council is soon to decide upon which operator...
This Mental Health Awareness Week, leading North East mental health charity, Mental Health Concern, is on a volunteer recruitment drive for their Chain Reaction initiative to tackle loneliness and isolation in older people in Newcastle.
Chain Reaction, a city-wide partnership between Mental Health Concern, Search, and KeyRing, currently offers...
Mental Health Awareness Week is the ideal opportunity to focus on psychological wellbeing - our own and our family’s.
Emotional literacy means knowing how to talk about mental health and how to improve it and the best way to intervene when a loved one is struggling. Former primary school teacher...
