A heartbroken firefighter has called on revellers to be safe near the water this winter – five years after his son died in the water following a night out.
The season of Christmas and New Year are traditionally recognised as being a popular time for people to get together for...
The services delivered by a North East cancer charity that celebrates its 40th anniversary this year are being bolstered thanks to new funding from Newcastle Building Society.
Coping With Cancer offers a range of free complementary therapies and counselling services to anyone who is or has been affected by a...
A group of ground-breaking Newcastle scientists have received a £5 million grant to look at ways of tackling cancers that afflict children and young people.
The grant – from Cancer Research UK – will be split between three teams based at the Cancer Research Newcastle Centre.
One cancer that the grant...
Talks, films and poetry readings are among the events that will be held in Newcastle on and around Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.
Newcastle will also see visits from Holocaust survivors and their descendants, among them Judge Rinder from ITV’s Judge Rinder and the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
The programme of events...
A man aiming to run 10K in every country in the world will be visiting Newcastle this weekend.
Dan Thompson will be running 10K – and inviting others to join him – in Newcastle on Saturday 26th May. The run is part of an incredible challenge Dan has undertaken to...
A Newcastle-based taxi company; Budget are stepping up their involvement with Women’s Street Watch, Newcastle (WSWNCL) by giving them a credit limit of free taxis every month for their use in securing the safety of women travelling home alone at night.
The group, which was set up by Beth Dunn...
With the country sweltering under drought-like conditions in recent weeks – and things even heating up here in the north east – it might be a comfort to know that some of the world’s greatest climate experts work in Newcastle.
Climate change specialist Professor Hayley Fowler, of Newcastle University, has...
Shout-Up! the Newcastle City Council initiative to end sexual harassment in bars, pubs and clubs of Newcastle announces certified venues.
Shout-Up! – a scheme to declare some of Newcastle’s most popular pubs, clubs and bars ‘sexual harassment-free zones’ – returns this month with 11 new bars confirmed.
First launched in 2017,...
A new European project, led by Newcastle University, is aiming to prevent disease by using high-tech digital sensors that can be worn on the body. The sensors monitor the health and wellbeing of volunteers during their daily routines.
The sensors especially focus on how people walk, as poor gait...
A £1 million funding boost will make sure that poorer kids in Newcastle continue to get healthy food during the school summer holidays.
The money - £1,027,732 in total – has been awarded to the charity StreetGames by the Department of Education.
StreetGames will work with Newcastle City Council to deliver...
