Lufthansa now offers a new route, six flights a week, Sunday to Friday, to Munich, Bavaria’s capital city.
Passengers on the new service were welcomed at check-in at Newcastle Airport with an inaugural celebration.
Munich is renowned for its annual Oktoberfest, beer halls, classical music, and iconic landmarks such as the...
Researchers from Newcastle University have come up with a novel way of dealing with the infections patients tend to get after surgery.
They believe that honey – specifically, a medical-grade variant of manuka honey – could be the key to coping with this common problem.
Doctors often use surgical mesh to...
Hopes
of reopening Elswick Pool received a boost this week.
Despite
being at the heart of the local community, the pool closed on 31st
October 2015.
But
now Newcastle City Council have announced they will hand over the pool’s lease
to the Elswick Community Pool and Leisure charity, an organisation whose board
is exclusively made up...
Chief medical officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, has announced the Coronavirus UK debut, with the first two patients currently in a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit in Newcastle.
Although the name of the hospital has not been officially announced, it's going to be Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI),...
If you haven’t been to Tyne Bank Brewery yet let me paint you a picture…
A wide-open space which is deceivingly warm with fairy lights draped across the ceiling. An oxymoronic, comfortable, factory-like environment. With an eclectic range of tables and chairs spread across the floor of which you share...
Plans for the next phase of the redevelopment of Stephenson Quarter, in Newcastle city centre – which could lead to the creation of over 800 jobs – have been given the go-ahead.
The plans – to build the North East Futures University Technical College (UTC) and a six-storey office block...
A historic Newcastle house that featured in the BBC TV Series A House Through Time has been issued with a commemorative plaque.
The plaque – which will be unveiled today by Lord Mayor Cllr David Down and BBC presenter David Olusoga – honours 19th-century naturalist Joshua Adler.
Mr Adler lived at...
An awards scheme – which is being supported by Newcastle’s Northumbria University – is offering grants totalling £45,000 to help struggling writers in the north of England.
The Northern Writers’ Awards – set up by New Writing North in 2000 – aim to recognise talented writers and help their work...
An academic from Newcastle University has been helping to record the sad state of the wreck of the Titanic.
The ship – which sits under 3,800 metres of water around 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland – is being consumed by metal-eating bacteria.
Expedition scientist and marine researcher Dr Clare...
The Sixties Gold Tour – headlined by Gerry and the Pacemakers – will be calling in at Gateshead Sage on 12th October.
As well as the headliners, the tour will feature The Searchers, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Love Affair vocalist Steve Ellis, and Vanity Fair. Between them, these groups...
