A
study has found that large quantities of global-warming gases could be escaping
from melting ice on Greenland.
An
international team of researchers camped in Greenland for three months over the
summer, analysing meltwater running off the island’s ice sheet.
They
found that six tons of the greenhouse gas methane passed through their small measuring
site alone....
Many
of us love our iPhones and iPads.
But,
let’s face it, they’re not the toughest devices. Dropping your phone and other
simple accidents can result in ugly and inconvenient cracks on the screens.
Such
damage can make your once beautiful iPhone or iPad look old and battered,
making you embarrassed to take it out around...
A
community group in Walker aimed at the over-55s has received a very welcome
Christmas present.
The
Happy Mondays social group has been granted £500 from YHN’s Positive People
Positive Places fund to run a variety of sessions, including a crafts workshop.
YHN
(Your Homes Newcastle) is an ‘arm’s-length’ management company set up by
Newcastle City Council...
Newcastle
is preparing to welcome members of a rare bird species to the centre of the
city for their nesting season.
Each
spring, hundreds of kittiwakes – a type of black-legged gull – arrive to nest around
the River Tyne. The birds take up residence on structures like the Tyne Bridge,
the Baltic Centre for...
Though often a time of great joy, the Christmas period can be stressful for some. There might be dreadful weather to cope with, along with the hassles of doing the Christmas shopping, preparing the food and organising the festivities.
But for those who are homeless, hungry, lonely and destitute, Christmas...
Fake goods with a value of thousands of pounds have been seized in Newcastle.
Jewellery, clothes and footwear – destined to be sold over Facebook – were confiscated from a home in the city’s East End.
Trading Standards suspect the goods seized would have been sold during the lucrative run-up to...
A number of north-east experts have urged the government to implement a ban on the sale of energy drinks to anybody under 18.
A study carried out by academics from Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Teesside University has highlighted the shocking effects that such drinks can have on youngsters.
Their research...
Music students from Newcastle University will be heading up the A1 to help with Edinburgh’s St Andrew’s Day celebrations.
Today (30th November) is the day of St Andrew, Scotland’s patron saint, and the Newcastle musicians plan to bring a piece with an international flavour to the party.
They will be performing...
Newcastle is getting ready for the big switch on of its Christmas lights at Grey’s Monument tomorrow (8th November).
An evening of festive family fun is in store, with Metro Radio hosting the switch on for the fifth time.
The switch on – sponsored by the National Society for the Prevention...
Abrupt changes in climate may have been a significant cause of Europe’s Neanderthal humans dying out.
That’s according to recent research involving academics from Newcastle’s Northumbria University.
A research team – also comprising academics from Germany, Romania and the USA – studied stalactites in two Romanian caves.
As stalactites grow in thin...
