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Newest Housing Development Promoting The Environment's Wellbeing
The North East’s newest housing development is giving the local environment a green future, thanks to an imaginative giveaway. Steenberg’s Yard at Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle is the latest scheme from PfP Igloo, which has a holistic approach to all its projects, taking into account the health and wellbeing of its...
Healthworks Cooking Up Healthy Eating Help for Newcastle Families
Dozens of families in Newcastle’s West End are set to get extra help with healthy eating thanks to a new initiative from an award-winning community charity and funding from Newcastle Building Society. Healthworks is using a £2,980 Society grant to organise a series of eight cookery demonstrations and workshops for...
A New 'Right Tree in the Right Place' Study Welcomed By Northumberland National Park
  Northumberland National Park Authority is welcoming a new study which is urging that a ‘right tree in the right place’ approach is adopted in reforestation to help benefit people and the planet, reflecting the approach already supported and promoted by the Park. The study, conducted by Kew Gardens, looked...
Japanese Noodle Restaurant Creates DIY Kits For The Festive Season
NOODLE FANS CAN BRING THE JOY OF JAPAN TO THEIR OWN KITCHEN WITH SHORYU RAMEN’S AT HOME KITS THIS FESTIVE PERIOD Authentic Japanese noodle restaurant, Shoryu Ramen, has created delivery slots over the festive period for those wanting to order the popular DIY Shoryu Kit at home this Christmas and...
The Road to Recovery Trust, the organisation behind Newcastle’s only recovery café, George Street Social, has launched an emergency fundraising appeal as a last attempt to save the charity. The Trust provides safe spaces, hosts 12-step meetings, and is a supportive community for people in recovery from all kinds of...
England Footballer Becomes Ambassador For Children's Heart Charity
England and Manchester City player-coach, Jill Scott MBE, has taken on an ambassador role for a North East-based charity, which raises funds to help save the lives of children and adults needing coronary care. Jill has agreed to support the Red Sky Foundation, set up by Sunderland couple, Sergio and...
The Northumberland Arms Wins 2021 Travellers' Choice Award From TripAdvisor
A leading North East venue is celebrating being listed in the top 10 percent of hotels worldwide, ahead of reopening for overnight stays. The Northumberland Arms, at Felton, has been named a 2021 Travellers’ Choice Award Winner by the world’s largest travel platform, Tripadvisor. And the accolade could not have come...
Climbing Mountain and Raising Awareness of Chronic Heart Disease
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...
'Fit Monkeys' Encouraging Children To Stay Fit During Covid-19
An award-winning sports coach is launching a new venture to encourage 5–12-year-olds to get fit after a year in lockdown. Matthew Lawn from Killingworth, the brains behind the Football Squirts Academy, and his partner Ashleigh Dobbs are opening Fit Monkeys, a new concept of fun-based physical education (PE) classes, that...
Blyth ‘bulletproof’ mobility scooter re-unites retired tank engineer with cycling wife
Unable to ride a bicycle anymore, Jim Schofield, 71 from Blyth, has been able to enjoy time once again with his wife as she cycles thanks to an off-road Breeze mobility scooter. Jim and Ruth have just recently moved to Northumberland from Melton Mowbray so they can be closer to family. Jim used to design...

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