The family of a five-year-old boy who has spent three years battling two holes in the heart have thanked Tyneside fire crews – after they paid him a birthday visit.
A crew from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) have been praised for making the dreams of brave...
It might sound like science fiction, but Newcastle researchers – and big tech companies – believe it may soon be commonplace for devices implanted in our bodies to link our brains with computers.
Such devices – it is thought – could help with diseases like Alzheimer’s, allow us to ‘type’...
Newcastle’s shoppers are being encouraged to express their creative sides – with the help of the resident artist at the city’s historic Grainger Market.
As part of the Great Exhibition of the North, Mike Duckett has been painting, sketching and scribbling at the market all summer.
Though the exhibition is due...
Stephanie Aird, hailing from Hartlepool, is a talented comedian whose comedic videos have garnered an impressive 60 million views across various social media platforms.
With an impressive following of over 650,000 fans on Facebook, Aird's comedic prowess has reached audiences far and wide, attracting fans from all corners of the...
A researcher from Newcastle University is to tackle the subject of ‘deep fakes’ – the latest manifestation of ‘fake news’ – in an upcoming public lecture.
While fake news may refer to false or misleading statements we read or hear, deep fakes take this process further.
Deep fakes use artificial intelligence...
The debut ECLECTIC Fall Winter 21 collection speaks to the very heart of simplicity. It breaks down the very barriers of what it means to be ECLECTIC, redefining the meaning.
Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, ECLECTIC est. 2020, aims to show the world that the Newcastle upon Tyne is a...
Businesses
in Newcastle and the surrounding area can now get help to slash their energy
bills – providing vital savings and helping to reduce the emission of global warming
gases.
The Business Energy Saving Team is a new initiative that will advise small and medium-sized businesses on how to lower their fuel bills.
Companies
in...
Plans for two north-east councils to merge a range of services – including the administration of council tax, business rates, staff payroll, revenues and benefits – are now closer to being put into practice.
Newcastle City Council and Northumberland County Council would like to merge the provision of these ‘transactional...
International
Women’s Day 2019 (8th March) will see an unusual event taking place
in the centre of Newcastle.
Grey’s
Monument is to be covered in hundreds of red pompoms and will fly red streamers
from its top.
The
monument will be decorated in this way to protest against the stigma which is
still associated with periods and...
An academic from Newcastle University has co-authored a series of articles claiming that parental diets can have a huge effect on the lifelong health of children.
Writing in the medical journal The Lancet, Professor John Mathers – from the Health Nutritional Research Centre at Newcastle University – argues that parents...
