Dozens of volunteers with a Newcastle community charity are receiving extra support thanks to a four-figure grant from the Newcastle Building Society Community Fund at the Community Foundation.
Caring Hands provides a wide range of community-based services around the east end of the city, including a busy community laundrette, and...
A Newcastle University project is set to offer volunteers the chance to shop online for free.
The ‘Nu-food Online Supermarket’ research project will give participants a voucher, which will be valid for almost two weeks.
Before anybody gets too excited, it should be explained that the shopping will be limited to...
A Geordie life-saver born and bred in the West End of Newcastle has proudly achieved a distinction grade in his journey to become a firefighter.
Scott Canham, aged 27, originally from Chapel Park in Newcastle is one of three firefighters who recently accomplished the distinction grading as part of the...
Yesterday, Britain’s NHS celebrated its 70th birthday – a day that was marked in Newcastle by locals writing messages in a massive birthday card near Grey’s Monument.
Campaigners from the group Keep Our NHS Public handed out pieces of birthday cake to passers-by while encouraging them to write birthday greetings...
This week saw the launch of Newcastle’s Best Summer Ever (NBSE). The NBSE programme will see Newcastle kids enjoying arts and crafts, sports and physical activities, and nutritious meals during the summer holidays.
It’s estimated that more than 26,700 children in Newcastle live in deprived areas and that 10,344 of...
Newcastle’s Blackett Street may close to traffic this festive season, with the city set to enjoy a ‘bumper’ Christmas market. And the council are looking at ways to make the street into a permanent pedestrian zone.
The ‘bumper’ Christmas market will be a festive extravaganza that will combine Newcastle’s usual...
Get ready for an extraordinary musical bus tour, dedicated to celebrating the very songs that parents once loathed!
Welcome to the "Turn That Racket Down!" tour, an exclusive event happening on Sunday, August 13th.
We kindly request passengers with a particular sensitivity to wear earplugs for a more enjoyable...
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...
Now the clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in and Bonfire Night is approaching, efforts are being made to keep Newcastle safe during the darker months of autumn, winter and spring.
The Darker Nights campaign will see Newcastle City Council teaming up with a number of partners to...
The Opera Boys are coming back to Tyneside this April, bringing their mix of opera, West End show tunes and pop classics to the Customs House, South Shields.
The Opera Boys – all four of whom are classically trained singers – have quite a varied CV between them. Members of...
